H9001–/וַ–v

and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.

וַיַּעַן֩ (וַ) va “and”

And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound 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”

And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.

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

And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

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

And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

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

And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [ergänzt: to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [ergänzt: them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [ergänzt: that] God has done to us?

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

And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

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

The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

וַנֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [ergänzt: for] the hunger of your households, and go,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.

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

And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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

And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

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

And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Israel said, Why did ye deal [ergänzt: so] ill with me [ergänzt: as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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

And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou and our little ones.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

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

And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Almighty God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved.

וְשִׁלַּ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

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