H9001–/וַ–v

Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.

וַיֵּרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Isaac lived in Gerar.

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she was beautiful to look on.

וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֗רְא (וַ) va “and”

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

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

Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

וַיִּזְרַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָ֛א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְקַנְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

וַיְמַלְא֖וּם (וַ) va “and”

Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥חַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called the name of it Sitnah.

וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

וַיַּעְתֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּפָרִ֥ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”

He went up from there to Beersheba.

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."

וַיֵּרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּט־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְרוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִי (וַ) va. “and”