H9001–/וַ–v

And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”

And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

וַיָּ֥פֶץ (וַ) va “and”

And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?

וַיֻּכּ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.

וַיִּרְא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

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

And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh:

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.

וָאֵרָ֗א (וָ) va. “and”

And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement.

וָאֶזְכֹּ֖ר (וָ) va. “and”

Say then to the children of Israel, I am Yahweh, and I will take you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians, and make you safe from their power, and will make you free by the strength of my arm after great punishments.

וְהוֹצֵאתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִצַּלְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָאַלְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֥יתִי (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.

וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”