H9001–/וַ–v

Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va “and”

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.

וַיְנַחֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְחִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [ergänzt: generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”

And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; and God will certainly visit you, and bring you up out of this land, into the land that he swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהֶעֱלָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.

וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וְהַעֲלִתֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥ישֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt.

וַֽיְהִ֗י (וַֽ) va “and”

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.

וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

וַיָּ֥קָם (וַ) va “and”

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.

וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנוֹסַ֤ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָלָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.

וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֜בֶן (וַ) va “and”

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.

וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ (וַ) va “and”

and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

וַיְמָרְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah --

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [ergänzt: them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן (וַ) va. “and”וָחָֽיָה׃ (וָ) va. “and”

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian; for they are strong, and they have borne before the midwife comes to them.

וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ (וַ) va. “and”וְיָלָֽדוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

וַיֵּ֥יטֶב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֧רֶב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”