H9002–/וְ–v

And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

וְהֵ֨מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּבֹטֵ֔חַ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

וְאֵ֨ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָבָ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֕יא (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

וְאוּלָ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן (וִ֠) Vi. “and”וּבָנָ֗יו (וּ) u. “and”

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

וּמֶ֖לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”

Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to h

וְנַעֲר֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְצֶ֣מֶד (וְ) ve. “and”

Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

וְאַחַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

וְלִ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִטַ֥ב (וְ) ve. “so”

And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to yo

וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְנַעֲר֑וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִיטַ֣ב (וְ) ve. “so”

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִמּ֗וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there.

וְהַיּ֖וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָס֛וּרָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְנָלִ֥ין (וְ) ve. “so”

And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

וְנִקְרְבָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

וּמֵאַ֥יִן (וּ) u. “and”

And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

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

But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וָיַ֤יִן (וָ) va. “and”וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַנַּ֖עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take o

וְהִנֵּה֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.

וּפִֽילַגְשֵׁ֗הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַנּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשׂ֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”וְלָאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָדֶ֖יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.

וְנֵלֵ֖כָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in y

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”