H9001–/וַ–v

And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.

וַיֵּרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.

וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves --

וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [supplied: saying to himself,] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca -- because she was fair in countenance.

וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֗רְא (וַ) va “and”

Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.

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

And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.

וַיִּזְרַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָ֛א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְקַנְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.

וַיְמַלְא֖וּם (וַ) va “and”

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥חַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.

וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.

וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

וַיַּעְתֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּפָרִ֥ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”

And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

וַיֵּרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּט־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִי (וַ) va. “and”