H9001–/וַ–v

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us! And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain.

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

And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to 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 when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus -- With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;

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

and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

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

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming 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 sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

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

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

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

And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into 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, [ergänzt: and] the mother with the children.

וְהִכַּ֔נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, 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 what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother --

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

And he delivered [ergänzt: them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

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

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?

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

-- then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.

וַיְצַ֞ו (וַ) va “and”

And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”

And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, 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 led them over the river, and led over what he had.

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

And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

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