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Parasha #7: Vayetzei (וַיֵּצֵא)

Reading passages

Torah: Genesis 28:10-32:3    (Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּצֵא)
Haftarah: Hosea 11:7-11; 12:1-12; 13:1-5

Summary

Parashat Vayetzei (“He Went Out”) recounts the journey of Jacob as he flees from Esau’s wrath and travels to Haran, where he encounters God in a dream at Bethel. Here, God reiterates the Abrahamic promises of land and descendants. Jacob then serves Laban for fourteen years to marry his daughters Leah and Rachel, amidst family deceptions and his growing prosperity through livestock, which sets the stage for his eventual return to Canaan.

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Related SHEBANQ queries

Verse	Query	Description
Gen. 28:22;30:16;31:30	Verb radix repetition	Repetition of a verb radix to express emphasis
Gen. 29:31,32	The LORD seeing	Clauses where God is the subject of the verb רָאָה (seeing). I.e., where God is seeing.
Genesis 29:6	shalom as greeting	Jacob asks the shepherd about the well-being of Laban, using the word ‘shalom’ (Query: Willem van Peursen).

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The following image was created by DALL.E as illustration for this parasha: Jacob dreaming at Bethel.