Torah Portion Week 12 – Vayechi “and he lived” (21-22)
Gen 47:28 – 50:26
Yacov blesses Ephraim and Manasseh,
Yacov blesses his sons,
Yacovs Death and burial,
Joseph forgives his brethren
Death of Joseph
Targums: https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Torah-Targums-Genesis-Final.pdf
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Jasher 56:1-4 https://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/56.htm
Jubilees 45:13-16 http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/45.htm
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48:19 – Meloha Goyim – Fullness of the gentiles https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rom+11%3A1-25&version=KJV
Targum 48:9, 15-16, 21
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Reuben – Targums 49:3-4
- Testament of Reuben 1:6-10 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe267.htm
Simeon & Levi
- Targums 5-7
- Levi (priesthood and shekem) Ch2:1 – 3:12 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe273.htm
Judah
- Targums (Jerusalem)
- Jasher 56:8-9 (cross reference with Samuel: https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+sam+1%3A18&version=KJV
Zebulon
- Testament of Zebulon 2:5-13 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe284.htm
Issachar
- Testament of Issachar 1:24-42 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe281.htm
Gad
- Targums 49:19
Asher
- Testament of Asher 31-34 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe291.htm
Naphtali
- Targums 49:21
- Testament of Naphtali 1:14-24 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe287.htm
Joseph
- Testament of Benjamin 1:19-22 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe294.htm
- Targums 49:22-26
Benjamin
- Targums 49:27
End, read Jasher 56:10-23
- Israel camp formation https://i.pinimg.com/originals/08/77/a3/0877a3af70c7599e890c0c3bd04b579a.jpg
- The Israelites were told ahead of time that there would be deliverance – Amos 3:7 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Amos-3-7/
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50:21 – Forgiveness – Matt 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+6%3A14-15%2C+matt+18%3A35&version=KJV
Read Jasher 58:1-13 & 30, 59:20-end
(Jasher 57 wars between Esau and Jacob in Egypt – Setting the stage for the future)
Culminating Genesis: This is our true origins and history lessons. Where we came from and how the world was created – sin, the flood, idolatry, wickedness and the consequences thereof.
