Parashat Vayeshev
“And He Settled”

23 Kislev 5783
December 17, 2022

Torah Reading

• Genesis 37:1-40:23
Ya`akov continued living in the land where his father had lived…
(Genesis 37:1 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Amos 2:6-3:8

New Testament Reading

• Matthew 1:1-6; 16-25

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 112
Halleluyah! How happy is anyone who fears Adonai, who greatly delights in his mitzvot. His descendants will be powerful on earth, a blessed generation of upright people.
(Psalm 112:1-2 CJB)

Read the Entire Bible in One Year
With the Torah Portions

This Week with Parashat Vayeshev:
• Genesis 37:1-40:23
• 2 Samuel 1:1-12:14
• Mark 5:1-8:21
• Psalms 31:1-32:11
• Proverbs 6:1-35

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Genesis 37:1
2. Genesis 37:12
3. Genesis 37:23
4. Genesis 38:1
5. Genesis 39:1
6. Genesis 39:7
7. Genesis 40:1

Maftir: Genesis 40:20

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources including the Walk! series of Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. Suggested Bible reading plan is from The Barking Fox. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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