H9002–/וְ–v

And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for horses, and for flocks of sheep, and for herds of cattle, and for asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.

וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֲמֹרִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

And that year ended; and they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide [supplied: it] from my lord that since [supplied: our] money is come to an end, and the herds of cattle are in the possession of my lord, nothing is left before my lord but our bodies and our land.

וּמִקְנֵ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִֽהְיֶ֞ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֶן־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from [supplied: one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [supplied: other] end of it.

וְאֶ֨ת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow the land.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh, and the four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

וְאַרְבַּ֣ע (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛ם (וּֽ) u. “and”וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֶאֱכֹ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.

וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְאַ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

וֶאֱמֶ֔ת (וֶ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛ (וּ) u. “and”

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

וַאֲנִ֣י׀ (וַ) va. “and”

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.

וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם׃ (וַ) va. “so”

But the eyes of Israel were heavy from age: he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

וְעֵינֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought [supplied: them] near to him.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [supplied: it] on Ephraim's head -- now he was the younger -- and his left hand on Manasseh's head; guiding his hands intelligently, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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

And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,

וְיִצְחָ֔ק (וְ) ve. “and”

the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land!

וְיִקָּרֵ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִצְחָ֑ק (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִדְגּ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְזַרְע֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

וְכִמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And *I* have given to thee one tract [supplied: of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

וַאֲנִ֞י (וַ) va. “and”וּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.

וְאַגִּ֣ידָה (וְ) ve. “so”

Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

וְשִׁמְע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁמְע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.

וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֶ֥תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”