H9001–/וַ–v

But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

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

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

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

And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.

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

And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.

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

Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

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

But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:

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

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he charged them, and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.

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

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

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

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

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

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

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

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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

And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.

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

And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.

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

And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, and they said, This is a grievous mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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

And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought along with the field, for a possession of a sepulchre, of Ephron the Hittite, opposite to Mamre.

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

And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had gone up with him to bury his father.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!

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

And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”