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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But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
Read word by wordSo that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Read word by wordThen Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Read word by wordThen Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
Read word by wordHe saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
Read word by wordHe will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
Read word by wordThe archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Read word by wordYet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Read word by wordThese are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
Read word by wordThen Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Read word by wordWhen Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
Read word by wordThen Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
Read word by wordAnd Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
Read word by wordtaking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Read word by wordWhen the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
Read word by wordPharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
Read word by wordThen Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
Read word by wordChariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
Read word by wordWhen they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
Read word by wordWhen the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
Read word by wordSo Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
Read word by wordThey carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Read word by wordAfter Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
Read word by wordWhen Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
Read word by wordSo they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
Read word by word‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
Read word by wordHis brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
Read word by wordBut Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
Read word by wordTherefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
Read word by wordNow Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
Read word by wordHe saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
Read word by wordThen Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Read word by wordAnd Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
Read word by wordSo Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
Read word by wordThe descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Read word by wordNow Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
Read word by wordbut the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
Read word by wordThen a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
Read word by word“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
Read word by wordCome, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
Read word by wordSo the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Read word by wordBut the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
Read word by wordThey worked the Israelites ruthlessly
Read word by wordand made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Read word by wordThen the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Read word by word“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
Read word by wordThe midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
Read word by wordSo the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
Read word by wordThe midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
Read word by wordSo God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
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