Parasha: Vayechi

Preparing for Life After Death

Please do not bury me in Egypt, but when I lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place. (Genesis 47:29-30) Jacob made his son Joseph swear that he would not bury him in Egypt, but that he would be carried to the land of Israel and buried with his fathers Abraham and Isaac in the Machpelah cave. Jacob's insistence
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Parasha: Vayigash

What Pharaoh Heard

Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. (Genesis 45:16) Pharaoh was delighted when he heard that Joseph's brothers had come to Egypt. He immediately made provision to bring the entire family to Egypt so they could survive the famine in safety and comfort. He provided wagons for the move. He promised them the best of the land
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Parasha: Miketz

Preparing for the Lean Years

Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt; and after them seven years of famine will come ... (Genesis 41:29-30) Joseph explained to Pharaoh that his dreams were actually warnings from God. Seven years of abundance and plenty were about to begin in Egypt, but they were to be followed by seven years of desperate famine. The solution was to lay up stores during
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Parasha: Vayeshev

A Successful Man

The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. (Genesis 39:2) As a slave in the house of Potiphar, Joseph should have lived in a state of dejection and bitterness. He had been betrayed by his brothers, kidnapped, exiled and sold. He had gone from the position of a favored son to that of a lowly slave.
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Parasha: Vayishlach

Dinah's Folly

Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. (Genesis 34:1) Our social circles are important. We become like the people we hang around with. We absorb their values and begin to imitate their behavior. In all innocence, Dinah the daughter of Jacob wanted to spend time with the teenage girls of Shechem. It was the wrong place
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Parasha: Vayetze

What You See Is What You Are

So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. (Genesis 30:39) Laban agreed to give Jacob all the striped, spotted, speckled and dappled born among his flocks. Immediately after making the agreement, he removed all but the solid-colored animals, to eliminate the possibility that Jacob would receive any livestock. Not to be so easily outmaneuvered, Jacob engaged in a genetic-engineering experiment. He peeled
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