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 20 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.
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
Read word by wordPharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
Read word by wordOne night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
Read word by wordNow a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
Read word by wordAnd it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
Read word by wordSo Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
Read word by wordPharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
Read word by word“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
Read word by wordwhen seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
Read word by wordThen the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
Read word by wordWhen they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
Read word by wordIn my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
Read word by wordAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
Read word by wordAt this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
Read word by wordbut seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
Read word by wordLet Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Read word by wordUnder the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
Read word by wordThis food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
Read word by wordThis proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.
Read word by wordSo Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Read word by wordPharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Read word by wordHe had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordAnd Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”
Read word by wordPharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordNow Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordDuring the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
Read word by wordDuring those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
Read word by wordSo Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
Read word by wordJoseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
Read word by wordWhen the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
Read word by wordthe seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordWhen extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
Read word by wordWhen the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordWhen Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Read word by word“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
Read word by wordSo ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Read word by wordSo the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
Read word by wordNow Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Read word by wordAnd when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
Read word by wordAlthough Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Read word by wordJoseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Read word by word“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
Read word by word“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Read word by wordBut they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
Read word by wordThen Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
Read word by wordSo Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
Read word by wordand on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
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