H9001–/וַ–v

And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;

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

and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back 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 hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

וַיִּפְגְּעוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This `is' the camp of God;' and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.'

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

And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;

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

and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.'

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

And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;'

וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who `are' with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

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

and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'

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

And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons;

וְהִכַּ֔נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:

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

and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.'

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

And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked 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 hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it `is' a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also `is' behind us.'

וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

וַיְצַ֞ו (וַ) va “and”

and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וַ) va. “and”

and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

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

and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

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

And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

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