Torah Portion Week 11 Vayigash

Torah Portion Week 11 – Vayigash  “and he drew near” (21-22)

 

 

Gen 44:18-47:27

 

Last week: joseph rises to power, the 10 go to Egypt to buy food, joseph tests them, then places the cup in benjamin’s sack – they return to egypt

 

 

 

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45:1-3 Read Jasher account 53:31 – 54:73

https://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/53.htm

 

• Roaring like a lion – Isaiah 5:26-30, Joel 2:1-13, micah 5:7-9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+5%3A26-30%2C+joel+2%3A1-13%2C+micah+5%3A7-9&version=KJV

 

Targum: https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Torah-Targums-Genesis-Final.pdf

44:18-19

45:14-15 – Read Targum verse & 2 Baruch 32 https://parableofthevineyard.com/cepher/2-baruk/

 

45: End – Jasher 54:91 – 55:1

• We will find out why Serach is important shortly.

 

46)

 

46:29 – Jasher 55:1-15

• The reception of Jacob – Isaiah 55 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+55&version=KJV
  • Enoch 51 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe054.htm

 

Targum: 46:3-4, 17, 21

 

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47:12 – Think of the famine and migration into America, end times Egypt. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+13%3A39-50%2C+2+esdras+15%3A5-27&version=RSV

 

47:26 – The same law exists today in Egypt