H9002–/וְ–v

Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.

וְלֵוִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.

וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

וּכְלָבִ֖יא (וּ) u. “and”

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק (וּ) u. “and”וְל֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:

וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְדַם־ (וּ) u. “and”

His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

וּלְבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”

The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

וְיַעְזְרֶ֗ךָּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וִיבָ֣רְכֶ֔ךָּ (וִ) vi. “and”וָרָֽחַם׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”

Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

וְלָעֶ֖רֶב (וְ) ve. “and”

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

וְ֠זֹאת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.

וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

וּקְבֹ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶחָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וְצֹאנָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְקָרָ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

וְכָבֵ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

וְאֶחָ֔יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

וְהָשֵׁ֤ב (וְ) ve. “and”

You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weepin

וְחַטָּאתָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”