H9001–/וַ–v

There went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain.

וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּלוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

וַ֠יִּקְחוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (וַ) va “and”

One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨רֶק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף (וַ) va “and”

He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

וַיֵּחָלֵ֨ק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֑ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

וַיָּ֕שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

וַיּוֹצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ (וַ) va “and”

He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

He said to him, "Take me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He took him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds.

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲבָד֖וּם (וַ) va. “and”וְעִנּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”