H9001–/וַ–v

Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

וַיֹּ֨סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּרְא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

וַיִּפְצַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them."

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְצְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֧יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

וַיִּלְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is grown great before Yahweh. Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ (וַ) va “and”

Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ (וַ) va “and”

But he lingered; and the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.

וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

וַתַּגְדֵּ֣ל (וַ) va. “and”וָמַֽתִּי׃ (וָ) va. “and”