H9001–/וַ–v

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who am dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord.

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

וַיֹּ֨סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten will be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And there came two angels to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot seeing them, rose to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face towards the ground;

וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּרְא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he urged them greatly; and they turned in to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

וַיִּפְצַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? bring them out to us, that we may know them.

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him,

וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one man came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: Now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, Lot, and came near to break the door.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְצְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֧יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

וַיִּלְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Arise, depart from this place; for the LORD will destroy this city: but he seemed to his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ (וַ) va “and”

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters: the LORD being merciful to him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord!

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown to me in saving my life: and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil should take me, and I die:

וַתַּגְדֵּ֣ל (וַ) va. “and”וָמַֽתִּי׃ (וָ) va. “and”