H9001–/וַ–v

But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

וַיְמָאֵ֣ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

וַיְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜ם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵשִׁ֣יב (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.

וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וָרֹ֑בּוּ (וָ) va. “and”וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּפֹ֖זּוּ (וַ) va “and”

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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

And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.

וַיְכַ֤ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגְוַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּאָ֥סֶף (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשַּׁק־ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

וַיְצַ֨ו (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחַנְט֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.

וַיִּמְלְאוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And carriages went up with him and horsemen, a great army.

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.

וַיַּ֡רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

So his sons did as he had given them orders to do:

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.

וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

וַיִּרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”