Parsha 6 of 54GEN
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תולדות
Generations / History
November 21, 202529 Cheshvan 5786
Portion overview
Isaac and his sons Jacob and Esau
Special Shabbat: machar chodesh
Reading outline
Verse-level section headings for this Shabbat's Torah, Prophets, and Gospel readings.
Torah
GEN 25:19-28:9
- GEN 25:19Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.
- GEN 25:22The children strive in her womb.
- GEN 25:24The birth of Esau and Jacob.
- GEN 25:27Their different characters and pursuits.
- GEN 25:29Esau sells his birthright.
- GEN 26:1Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him.
- GEN 26:7He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife.
- GEN 26:12He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity.
- GEN 26:18He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth.
- GEN 26:23God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and Abimelech makes a covenant with him.
- GEN 26:34Esau's wives.
- GEN 27:1Isaac sends Esau for venison.
- GEN 27:6Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing.
- GEN 27:14Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it.
- GEN 27:30Esau brings venison.
- GEN 27:33Isaac trembles.
- GEN 27:34Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing.
- GEN 27:41He threatens Jacob's life.
- GEN 27:42Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away.
- GEN 28:1Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.
- GEN 28:6Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.