H9001–/וַ–v

But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

וַיֵּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go and give worship to the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept here: your little ones may go with you.

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

But Moses said, You will have to let us take burned offerings to put before the Lord our God.

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

But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said, You say truly; I will not see your face again.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About the middle of the night I will go out through Egypt:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.

וּמֵ֣ת (וּ) u. “and”

And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.

וְהָֽיְתָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.

וְיָרְד֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוּוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.

וְלָקַ֣ח (וְ) ve. “and”

Keep it till the fourteenth day of the same month, when everyone who is of the children of Israel is to put it to death between sundown and dark.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then take some of the blood and put it on the two sides of the door and over the door of the house where the meal is to be taken.

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And let your food that night be the flesh of the lamb, cooked with fire in the oven, together with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants.

וְאָכְל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.

וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”

For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

וְעָבַרְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the blood will be a sign on the houses where you are: when I see the blood I will go over you, and no evil will come on you for your destruction, when my hand is on the land of Egypt.

וְהָיָה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָסַחְתִּ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

וְהָיָה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”