H9001–/וַ–v

He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.

וַיַּצֶּב־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨קְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

וַתֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va. “and”

Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

וַיַּ֨רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיְעַנֶּֽהָ׃ (וַ) va “and”

His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

וַתִּדְבַּ֣ק (וַ) va. “and”וַיֶּֽאֱהַב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.

וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.

וַיֵּצֵ֛א (וַ) va “and”

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּ (וַ) va “and”

and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

וְנָתַ֤נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיִ֖ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."

וְלָקַ֥חְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son.

וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמֹּ֙לוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

וַיִּקְח֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵֽאוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ (וַ) va “and”

and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

וַיָּבֹ֑זּוּ (וַ) va “and”

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכּ֔וּנִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"

וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ (וַ) va “and”

God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”