Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
In This Week’s Parashah: מָה בַּפָּרָשָׁה
Full Parashah Reading: Bereishit 28:10-32:3
- Yaakov runs away from Be’er Sheva and travels to the home of his uncle, Lavan.
- Yaakov dreams of a סוּלָם (sulam, ladder) going up to the heavens.
- God tells Yaakov that his descendants will inherit אֶרֶץ כְּנַעָן (Eretz Canaan, the Land of Canaan) and that God will protect him.
- Yaakov continues his journey until he encounters a well, where he meets Rahel, daughter of Lavan.
- Yaakov tells Rahel that he is her relative, and she brings him home.
- Yaakov works as a shepherd for Lavan for seven years in exchange for marrying Rahel, but Lavan tricks Yaakov into marrying his older daughter, Leah, instead.
- Yaakov agrees to work for an additional seven years after marrying Rahel as well.
- Rahel and Leah, along with their servants Bilhah and Zilpah, in total give birth to 11 boys and one girl.
- Lavan is upset at Yaakov, and Yaakov says that Lavan hasn’t treated him fairly, so Yaakov, Rahel, and Leah decide to return home to Eretz Canaan.
- When Lavan finds out that they’ve left, he chases after them, but God tells Lavan in a dream not to harm them. Lavan then makes peace with Yaakov.
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