H9001–/וַ–v

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

וַיִּמְצָאֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

וַיִּרְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְנַכְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצִּלֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

וַֽיְהִ֕י (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּפְשִׁ֤יטוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

וַיִּ֨קָּחֻ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

וַיֵּשְׁבוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְכִסִּ֖ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,

וַיִּקְח֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּטְבְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

וַיַּכִּירָ֤הּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

וַיִּקְרַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

וַיָּקֻמוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמָאֵן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛ט (וַ) va “and”

And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

וַיַּרְא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.

וַתַּ֖הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”