Parashat Vayeshev
“And He Settled”

23 Kislev 5782
November 27, 2021

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)

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

Meditation

Yeshua will have many sons (Isaiah 53:10). The Tol’dot Yeshua (generations of Jesus) will include all adopted sons who resist the ways of sin and choose to become subjects of the King of kings.
– from Walk Genesis! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

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. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. 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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