H9001–/וַ–v

You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weepin

וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

וַיְנַחֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְחִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”

Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהֶעֱלָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.

וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וְהַעֲלִתֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

וַֽיְהִ֗י (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.

וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנוֹסַ֤ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָלָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֜בֶן (וַ) va “and”

But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ (וַ) va “and”

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

וַיְמָרְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן (וַ) va. “and”וָחָֽיָה׃ (וָ) va. “and”

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ (וַ) va. “and”וְיָלָֽדוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

וַיֵּ֥יטֶב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֧רֶב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”