H9001–/וַ–v

Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.

וַיֶּאְסֹ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now when Pharaoh sends for you and says, What is your business?

וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם (וַ) va. “and”

Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.

וַיַּצִּגֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the

וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

וַיָּבֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.

וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

וַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

וַתֵּ֜לַהּ (וַ) va. “and”

And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

וַיְלַקֵּ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

וַיִּתֹּ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said, Give me your cattle; I will give you grain in exchange for your cattle if your money is all gone.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤ם (וַ) va “and”

And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our

וַתִּתֹּם֮ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

וַיִּ֨קֶן (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”