H9002–/וְ–v

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּ֕וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽילָדֶ֙יהָ֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.

וְיַלְדֵיהֶ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.

וִילָדֶ֖יהָ (וִ) vi. “and”וְאַחַ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָחֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

וְכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

וְנֵלֵ֑כָה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.

וְהַצֹּ֥אן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבָּקָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.

וַאֲנִ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וּלְרֶ֣גֶל (וּ) u. “and”

And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.

וְיַעֲקֹב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְמִקְנֵ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנָ֛יו (וּ) u. “and”

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

וּבְנֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְכֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

וְאִתָּ֖נוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּסְחָר֔וּהָ (וּ) u. “and”וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

וּמַתָּ֔ן (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”וּתְנוּ־ (וּ) u. “and”

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

וּשְׁכֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”