H9001–/וַ–v

So shall ye say unto Joseph: Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father.' And Joseph wept when th

וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said: 'Behold, we are thy bondmen.'

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

And Joseph said unto them: 'Fear not; for am I in the place of God?

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.

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

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

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

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I die; but God will surely remember you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

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

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.'

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

So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.

וַֽיְהִ֗י (וַֽ) va “and”

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.'

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

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel.

וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.

וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.

וַיְמָרְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

and he said: 'When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.'

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

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

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

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them: 'Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?'

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

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'

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

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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