H9001–/וַ–v

After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֻּגַּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

וַתֵּ֤לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.

וַתָּ֣מָת (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And in answer the children of Heth said to Abraham,

וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.

וַיָּ֧קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, If you will let me put my dead to rest here, make a request for me to Ephron, the son of Zohar,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham went down on his face before the people of the land.

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

So Ephron said to Abraham,

וַיַּ֧עַן (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,

וַיָּ֣קָם׀ (וַ) va “and”

And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

וְנִקִּ֕יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע (וַ) va “and”

And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֗קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

וַיֹּאמַ֓ר׀ (וַ) va “and”