H9001–/וַ–v

Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

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

Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

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

Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first born.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."

וְנִתְּנָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַלֵּ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."

וַתַּ֤הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

She conceived again, and bare a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.

וַתַּ֣הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

וַתַּ֣הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

She conceived again, and bare a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

וַתַּ֨הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

וַתֵּ֣רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

וַתִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

וַתַּ֣הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”