H9001–/וַ–v

So the children of Israel did as the Lord gave orders to Moses and Aaron.

וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And on that very day the Lord took the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said to the people, Let this day, on which you came out of Egypt, out of your prison-house, be kept for ever in memory; for by the strength of his hand the Lord has taken you out from this place; let no leavened bread be used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it will be that, when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, the land which he made an oath to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you wi

וְהָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָבַדְתָּ֛ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.

וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

וְהָיָה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

So let this order be kept, at the right time, from year to year.

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the Lord takes you into the land of Canaan, as he made his oath to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתָנָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.

וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

And for the young of an ass you may give a lamb in payment, or if you will not make payment for it, its neck is to be broken; but for all the first sons among your children, let payment be made.

וַעֲרַפְתּ֑וֹ (וַ) va. “and”

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:

וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג (וַ) va “and”

And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.

וְהָיָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וְשָׁ֥בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.

וַיַּסֵּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly keep you in mind; and you are to take my bones away with you.

וַיִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.

וַיִּסְע֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

וְאָמַ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.

וְחִזַּקְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָדַ֣ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָדְע֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

וַיֻּגַּד֙ (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יֵּהָפֵךְ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּֽאמרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

So he had his war-carriage made ready and took his people with him:

וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

וַיִּקַּ֗ח (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.

וַיְחַזֵּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ף (וַ) va “and”