H9002–/וְ–v

And there he saw the daughter of a certain man of Canaan named Shua, and took her as his wife.

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

וּשְׁמָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

וְיַבֵּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָקֵ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.

וְחִירָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

וְהִ֕וא (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַטְּךָ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

וְגַ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

וְהִ֨יא (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּטֶּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

וְאַחַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

וְיוֹסֵ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”

And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

וְעַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיפֵ֥ה (וִ) vi. “and”

But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

וְכֹ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֨יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.

וְאֵ֨ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”