H9001–/וַ–v

In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

וַיָּ֥חֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּטַּ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.

וַיַּ֗רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

וַיִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַסּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”

And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,

וַיִּ֥יקֶץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕דַע (וַ) va “and”

Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;

וַֽיְחִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters

וַיִּוָּלְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,

וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”

Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.

וַֽיְהִ֞י (וַֽ) va “and”

And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.

וַֽיְהִ֥י (וַֽ) va “and”

And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

וַֽיְהִ֥י (וַֽ) va “and”

And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

וַֽיְהִ֖י (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

וַיֵּ֣רֶד (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

וַיָּ֨פֶץ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;

וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

וַֽיְחִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:

וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:

וַֽיְחִ֣י (וַֽ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”