H9001–/וַ–v

Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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

They traveled: and a terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.

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

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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

Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.

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

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

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

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

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

God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink-offering on it, and poured oil on it.

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

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”

They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

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

It happened that, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."

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

It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni, but his father named him Benjamin.

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

Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

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

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

וַיַּצֵּ֧ב (וַ) va “and”

Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

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

It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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

Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

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

Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel.

וַתֵּ֧לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

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

Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”