H9001–/וַ–v

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

וַיִּזְבַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed and returned unto his place.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַשֵּׁ֧ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

וַיִּפְגְּעוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

וַיְצַ֤ו (וַ) va “and”וָאֵחַ֖ר (וָ) va. “and”

and I have oxen, and asses, [ergänzt: and] flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

וַיִּירָ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣צֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֜חַץ (וַ) va “and”

and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִכָּ֑הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.

וְהִכַּ֔נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

וַיָּ֥לֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַ֤יֹּאמֶר (וַ֤) Va “and”

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ (וִ) vi “and”

then thou shalt say [ergänzt: They are] thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

וַיְצַ֞ו (וַ) va “and”

and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”

So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

וַיָּ֣קָם׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר (וַֽ) va “and”

And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

וַיִּקָּחֵ֔ם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָבֵ֥ק (וַ) va “and”