H9001–/וַ–v

Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land.

וְאָֽכְל֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow the land.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh, and the four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וְהָיִ֥ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, [ergänzt: that] the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.

וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.

וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.

וַיְחִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

וַיִּקְרְב֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֣א׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

but when I shall lie with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.

וְשָֽׁכַבְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְשָׂאתַ֙נִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּקְבַרְתַּ֖נִי (וּ) u. “and”וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel worshipped on the bed's head.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”

And one told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

וַיַּגֵּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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

and he said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [ergänzt: for] an everlasting possession.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ (וּ) u. “and”וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ (וָ) va. “and”

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.

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

But the eyes of Israel were heavy from age: he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

וַיַּגֵּ֤שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַיְחַבֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.

וַיּוֹצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought [ergänzt: them] near to him.

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖שׁ (וַ) va “and”

But Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [ergänzt: it] on Ephraim's head -- now he was the younger -- and his left hand on Manasseh's head; guiding his hands intelligently, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׁת (וַ) va “and”

And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,

וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣רַע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”