TBESH · H9001
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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/וַ (v) means “&” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: v STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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Page 13 of 227. 11323 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
Read word by wordMeanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
Read word by wordOn reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
Read word by wordAnd Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Read word by wordAnd there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Read word by wordYour descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Read word by wordLook, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Read word by wordWhen Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
Read word by wordAnd he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
Read word by wordEarly the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
Read word by wordand he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
Read word by wordThen Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
Read word by wordso that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
Read word by wordJacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
Read word by wordHe looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
Read word by wordWhen all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
Read word by word“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
Read word by word“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
Read word by word“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
Read word by word“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
Read word by wordBut they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
Read word by wordAs soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
Read word by wordThen Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
Read word by wordHe told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
Read word by wordWhen Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Read word by wordThen Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
Read word by wordLaban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
Read word by wordSince Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Read word by wordLaban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
Read word by wordSo Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
Read word by wordFinally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Read word by wordSo Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
Read word by wordBut when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
Read word by wordAnd Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
Read word by wordWhen morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
Read word by wordLaban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Read word by wordFinish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
Read word by wordAnd Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Read word by wordLaban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
Read word by wordJacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Read word by wordAnd Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Read word by wordAgain she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
Read word by wordOnce again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Read word by wordAnd once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
Read word by wordWhen Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
Read word by wordJacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
Read word by wordThen she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
Read word by wordSo Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
Read word by wordand Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
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