H9001–/וַ–v

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

וַיָּ֥חֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּטַּ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

He drank of the wine, and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

וַיַּ֗רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.

וַיִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַסּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”

Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

וַיִּ֥יקֶץ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕דַע (וַ) va “and”

He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.

וַֽיְחִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

וַיִּוָּלְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”

The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

וַֽיְהִ֞י (וַֽ) va “and”

Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

וַֽיְהִ֥י (וַֽ) va “and”

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

וַֽיְהִ֥י (וַֽ) va “and”

It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there.

וַֽיְהִ֖י (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”

They said one to another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

וַיֵּ֣רֶד (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

וַיָּ֨פֶץ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

Shem lived after he became the father of Arpachshad five hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

וַֽיְחִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah.

וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

Arpachshad lived after he became the father of Shelah four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

וַֽיְחִ֣י (וַֽ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”