H9001–/וַ–v

And his father refused, and said: 'I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'

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

And he blessed them that day, saying: 'By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.' And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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

And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you back unto the land of your fathers.

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

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.

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

For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work

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

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

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

But his bow abode firm, and the arms of his hands were made supple, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, from thence, from 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 it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And be charged them, and said unto them: 'I am to be gathered unto 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 made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.

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 embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

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

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto 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 servants 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 it was a very great company.

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 wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore 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 unto him according as he commanded them.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre.

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

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

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.'

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

And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying: 'Thy father did command before he died, saying:

וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”