H9001–/וַ–v

And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'

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

and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.

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

And Israel saith unto Joseph, `Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;

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

And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.

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

And he seeth rest that `it is' good, And the land that `it is' pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant.

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

Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.

וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”

And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

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

And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

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

All these `are' the twelve tribes of Israel, and this `is' that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which `is' in the field of Ephron the Hittite;

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

And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.

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

And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;

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

and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

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

and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

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

And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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

and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.'

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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

and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great.

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

And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which `is' beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,

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

and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning `is' this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath `one' called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which `is' beyond the Jordan.

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

And his sons do to him so as he commanded them,

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

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

And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

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

And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”