H9001–/וַ–v

I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire;

וְהָיָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among `my' goats, and brown among `my' lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

וְעָֽנְתָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that `hath' white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,

וַיָּ֣סַר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֖ן (וַ) va “and”

and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.

וַיָּ֗שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that `is' on the rods,

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְפַצֵּ֤ל (וַ) va “and”

and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;

וַיַּצֵּ֗ג (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה (וַ) va “and”

and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones.

וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.

וַ֠יִּתֵּן (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיָּֽשֶׁת־ (וַ) va “and”

And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set `them'; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.

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

And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ) va “and”

and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and saith to them, `I am beholding your father's face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף (וְ) ve. “and”

`If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked;

וְיָלְד֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָלְד֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

וַיַּצֵּ֧ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

`And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, `are' ring-straked, speckled, and grisled;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וָאֶשָּׂ֥א (וָ) va. “and”וָאֵ֖רֶא (וָ) va. “and”

and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here `am' I.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֹמַ֖ר (וָ) va. “and”

`And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock `are' ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

וַתַּ֤עַן (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;

וַיֹּ֥אכַל (וַ) va “and”