H9001–/וַ–v

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעְבֹ֖ר (וַֽ) va “and”

Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

וַתַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va. “and”

And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

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

So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

וַיִּצְבֹּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

וַתִּכְלֶ֕ינָה (וַ) va. “and”

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

וַתִּרְעַב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּצְעַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

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

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכִּרֵ֑ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

וַיַּכֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

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

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So he put them in prison for three days.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”