H9001–/וַ–v

and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh `art' thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou `art' my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what `is' thy hire.'

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

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'

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

and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it `is' Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?'

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'

וְנִתְּנָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַלֵּ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren;

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'

וַתַּ֤הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Because Jehovah hath heard that I `am' the hated one, He also giveth to me even this `one';' and she calleth his name Simeon.

וַתַּ֣הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Now `is' the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,' therefore hath `one' called his name Levi.

וַתַּ֣הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith this time, `I praise Jehovah;' therefore hath she called his name Judah; and she ceaseth from bearing.

וַתַּ֨הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

וַתֵּ֣רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;'

וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

וַתִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,

וַתַּ֣הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”