H9001–/וַ–v

And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

וַיִּסֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַלְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּֽחֶרְד֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ (וַ) va “and”

The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

וַנֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּירָֽאוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּקְרָאָ֤הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

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

If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brot

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַנַ֨גֶּד־ (וַ) va. “and”

Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי (וְ) ve. “and”

And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

וְשִׁלַּ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.

וַיִּקְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּרְד֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”