Parsha 12 of 54GEN
Vayechi
ויחי
And he lived
January 2, 202611 Tevet 5786
Portion overview
Jacob's blessing and death
Reading outline
Verse-level section headings for this Shabbat's Torah, Prophets, and Gospel readings.
Torah
GEN 47:28-50:26
- GEN 47:28Jacob's age.
- GEN 47:29He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers.
- GEN 48:1Joseph with his sons visits his sick father.
- GEN 48:2Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.
- GEN 48:3He repeats God's promise.
- GEN 48:5He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons.
- GEN 48:7He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.
- GEN 48:8He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
- GEN 48:17He prefers the younger before the elder.
- GEN 48:21He prophesies their return to Canaan.
- GEN 49:1Jacob calls his sons to bless them.
- GEN 49:3Their blessing in particular.
- GEN 49:29He charges them about his burial.
- GEN 49:33He dies.
- GEN 50:1The mourning for Jacob.
- GEN 50:4Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him.
- GEN 50:7The funeral.
- GEN 50:15Joseph comforts his brethren, who crave his pardon.
- GEN 50:22His age.
- GEN 50:23He sees the third generation of his sons.
- GEN 50:24He prophesies unto his brethren of their return.
- GEN 50:25He takes an oath of them concerning his bones.
- GEN 50:26He dies, and is put into a coffin.