H9002–/וְ–v

As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

וְאַתֶּ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וָעֶ֖שֶׂר (וָ) va. “and”

Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים (וֵֽ) ve. “and”וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ (וּֽ) u. “and”

So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.

וָעֶ֖שֶׂר (וָ) va. “and”

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his family came with Jacob.

וְאֵ֗לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵית֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָשֵֽׁר׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

וְיוֹסֵ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

וְעָצ֖וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

וְכַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַזָּ֑פֶת (וּ) u. “and”

Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it.

וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֥יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?

וְתֵינִ֥ק (וְ) ve. “so”

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.

וְהֵינִקִ֣הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”