H9002–/וְ–v

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

וְאַתֶּ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”וָעֶ֖שֶׂר (וָ) va. “and”

Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים (וֵֽ) ve. “and”וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ (וּֽ) u. “and”

So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

וָעֶ֖שֶׂר (וָ) va. “and”

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):

וְאֵ֗לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵית֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

וּבְנְיָמִֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָשֵֽׁר׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the souls who came out of the Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

וְיוֹסֵ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”

Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.

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

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

וְעָצ֖וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

וְכַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַזָּ֑פֶת (וּ) u. “and”

Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.

וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֥יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

She opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"

וְתֵינִ֥ק (וְ) ve. “so”

Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.

וְהֵינִקִ֣הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”