Parashat Vayigash
“And He Drew Near”

7 Tevet 5783
December 31, 2022

Torah Reading

• Genesis 44:18-47:27
Then Y’hudah approached Yosef…
(Genesis 44:18 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Ezekiel 37:15-28

New Testament Reading

• Luke 6:12-16

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 48
[A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:]
Great is Adonai
and greatly to be praised,
in the city of our God,
his holy mountain,
beautiful in its elevation,
the joy of all the earth,
Mount Tziyon, in the far north,
the city of the great king.
In its citadels God
has been revealed as a strong defense.
(Psalm 48:1-4 CJB)

Read the Entire Bible in One Year
With the Torah Portions

This Week with Parashat Vayigash:
• Genesis 44:18-47:27
• 2 Samuel 20:8 – 1 Kings 2:46
• Mark 12:18-15:24
• Psalms 35:23-37:22
• Proverbs 7:1-27

Aliyot

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

1. Genesis 44:18
2. Genesis 44:31
3. Genesis 45:8
4. Genesis 45:19
5. Genesis 45:28
6. Genesis 46:28
7. Genesis 47:11

Maftir: Genesis 47:25

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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