H9002–/וְ–v

For they would come up with their cattle and their tents, coming like locusts for number; both they and their camels could not be counted; so that they wasted the land as they came in.

וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you, and gave you their land;

וּמִיַּ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”

and I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; you shall not pay reverence to the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.' But you have not given heed to my voice."

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Jo'ash the Abiez'rite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Mid'ianites.

וְגִדְע֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon said to him, "Pray, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this befallen us? And where are all his wonderful deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Mid'ian."

וְיֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַיֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to him, "Pray, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manas'seh, and I am the least in my family."

וְאָנֹכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them.

וְגִדְע֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵיפַת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמָּרַ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them." And he did so.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנַּח֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there sprang up fire from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (וּ) u. “and”

That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Ba'al which your father has, and cut down the Ashe'rah that is beside it;

וּפַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Ba'al was broken down, and the Ashe'rah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered upon the altar which had been built.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the men of the town said to Jo'ash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Ba'al and cut down the Ashe'rah beside it."

וְיָמֹ֑ת (וְ) ve. “so”וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East came together, and crossing the Jordan they encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק (וַ) va. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

But the Spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon; and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiez'rites were called out to follow him.

וְר֣וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.

וּמַלְאָכִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַלְאָכִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבִזְבֻלוּן֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said."

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Gideon said to God, "Let not thy anger burn against me, let me speak but this once; pray, let me make trial only this once with the fleece; pray, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Mid'ian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home.'" And Gideon tested them; twenty-two thousand returned, and ten thousand remained.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָרֵ֔ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (וַ) va. “and”

And the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; take them down to the water and I will test them for you there; and he of whom I say to you, 'This man shall go with you,' shall go with you; and any of whom I say to you, 'This man shall not go with you,' shall not go."

וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְכֹ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”

So he brought the people down to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, "Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise every one that kneels down to drink."

וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Mid'ianites into your hand; and let all the others go every man to his home."

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”