H9002–/וְ–v

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.

וְהָרָעָ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was distressing in all lands.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: go down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

וְשִׁבְרוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחְיֶ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest perhaps mischief shall befall him.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

וְיוֹסֵ֗ף (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

וְהֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food have thy servants come.

וַעֲבָדֶ֥יךָ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֶחָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there is any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

וְיִקַּ֣ח (וְ) ve. “so”וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

וִֽחְי֑וּ (וִֽ) vi “and”

If ye are true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the young man; and ye would not hear? therefore behold also his blood is required.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

וְהֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he to them.

וּלְהָשִׁ֤יב (וּ) u. “and”וְלָתֵ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money: for behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to his brethren, My money is restored; and see it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done to us?

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

We are twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

וְהַקָּטֹ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and depart:

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָלֵֽכוּ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: then will I deliver to you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

וְ֠הָבִיאוּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְאֵֽדְעָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲבִיהֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”