Read Genesis 28:10-32:2 at Bible Gateway.
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Hebrew paragraph divisions
Gen 28:10-32:2 {p} God fulfills His promise to Jacob.
How the single strong paragraph revealed its theme, and the mystery of Esau’s wives solved
Strong themes of the parashah
Gen 28:10-32:2 {p} God fulfills His promise to Jacob
Gen 28:10-32:2 Triennial Torah portions
Gen 28:10-29:30, triennial cycle vayetze, “and he left” outline
Gen 29:31-30:21, triennial cycle vayara Yehovah, “Yehovah saw” outline
Gen 30:22-31:2, triennial cycle vayizchar Elohiym, “Elohiym remembered” outline
Gen 31:3-32:2, triennial cycle shuv el-eretz, “return to the land” outline
Gen 28:10-32:2 chiastic structure
1A) Gen 28:10-12 Jacob meets the angels of God;
1B) Gen 28:13-22 Jacob’s covenant with God;
1C) Gen 29:1-14 Jacob arrives to Laban;
CENTRAL AXIS) Gen 29:16-30:43, Jacob’s wives 29:16-30/ children 29:31-30:26/ flocks 30:27-43; i.e., God fulfills His promise to Jacob;
2C) Gen 31:1-24 Jacob flees from Laban;
2B) Gen 31:25-55 Jacob’s covenant with Laban;
2A) Gen 32:1-2 {p} Jacob meets the angels of God.
Theme of the parashah
God fulfills His promise to Jacob
Finding Messiah in Vayetze
Additional readings for this parashah
Hos 12:12-14:10 (my notes) | Mat 3:13-4:11 (my notes)
Studies in Vayetze
Gen 28:13-22 Hebrew reveals reciprocal relationship
Gen 29:1-14 Feeding the sheep
Gen 29:15-30 Jacob’s wives
Gen 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s children
Gen 30:25-31:3 Jacob’s flocks
Gen 31:4-24 Jacob’s flight from Laban
Gen 31:25-55 Jacob’s covenant with Laban
Gen 31-32 God does not forsake His lovingkindness
Vayetze chiastic structure and component elements chiastic structures
The chiastic structure of the lives of the patriarchs
Further study off site
Vayetze – Restoration of Torah
Vayetze – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
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