H9001–/וַ–v

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּטְמֹ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

וַתָּ֤מָת (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

וַיֵּרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָ֖רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

וַיַּצֵּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצֹ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

וַיִּסְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּקַ֥שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).

וַתָּ֖מָת (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.

וַיַּצֵּ֧ב (וַ) va “and”

And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

וַיִּסַּ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣ט (וַ) va “and”

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֕ב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Isaac came to his end and was put to rest with his father's people, an old man after a long life: and Jacob and Esau, his sons, put him in his last resting-place.

וַיִּגְוַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙מָת֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָ֣סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;

וַתֵּ֧לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”