Torah Portion Week 11 Study Notes Genesis 44:18-47:27

Torah Portion Week 11 – Vayigash  “and he drew near” (22-23)

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%2C+rev+3%3A8-10%2C+zech+12%3A6-8&version=KJV
  •  Sparks & stubble https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=wisdom+3%3A1-9&version=RSV

• Targum: https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Torah-Targums-Genesis-Final.pdf
  • 44:18-19
    
    

45:5-7 – Testament of Benjamin 3:6-4:5 https://parableofthevineyard.com/the-testament-of-benjamin/

• Forgive and you’ll be forgiven (mercy) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%206:14-15&version=KJV

45:8 – Turning a purpose of evil for good https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen+50%3A20&version=RSV

• Even if the world comes against us, what is to fear? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+3%2C+is+8%3A12-13%2C+rev+17%3A17%2C+sirach+2%3A10-18&version=RSV

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

45: End – Jasher 54:91 – 55:1

• Num 26:46 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=num+26%3A46&version=ESV

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46:4 – Think of all those years Jacob prayed to Yahuah about Joseph (going unanswered) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+18%3A1-8&version=RSV

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,  (:17 eludes to 2 sam 20 w/ Sheba son of Bichri)

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47:9 – Hard life – Book of the Natsarim 10:44 (pg 107) https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/books-of-the-natsarim-ebook-final.pdf

11:14-16 (pg 111)

3:19-20 (pg 37)

3:49-50 (pg 43)

4:28-30 (pg 48)

9:56-63 (pg 96)

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