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Welcome to this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion),
which is called Vayigash (Then He Drew Near).
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be read in every synagogue around the world on this Shabbat (Saturday).
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VAYIGASH (Then He Drew Near)
Genesis 44:18–47:27; Ezekiel 37:15–28; John 6:1–59
“Then Judah came near [Vayigash וַיִּגַּשׁ] unto him and said, ‘Pardon your
servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with
your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.’” (Genesis 44:18)
In last week’s Torah portion, Pharaoh appointed Joseph administrator over all
of Egypt in order to save Egypt from the coming famine, which he did. That famine
affected much of the region, and the nations looked to Egypt as a source of food.
When Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for grain, Joseph recognized them, but
did not reveal himself right away. He wisely tested their integrity through
a series of character challenges.
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Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-30)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 7, 5776 - December 19, 2015
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Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Vayigash
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Shabbat Shalom
Welcome to this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion), which is
called Vayigash (Then
He Drew Near).
We know you will be blessed as you study with us this
portion that will be read in every synagogue around the
world on this Shabbat (Saturday). Enjoy!
VAYIGASH (Then He
Drew Near)
Genesis 44:18–47:27; Ezekiel 37:15–28; John
6:1–59
“Then Judah came near
[Vayigash וַיִּגַּשׁ] unto him and said, ‘Pardon your
servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not
be angry with your servant, though you are equal to
Pharaoh himself.’” (Genesis
44:18)
In last week’s Torah portion, Pharaoh appointed Joseph
administrator over all of Egypt in order to save Egypt from
the coming famine, which he did. That famine affected much
of the region, and the nations looked to Egypt as a source
of food.
When Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for grain, Joseph
recognized them, but did not reveal himself right away. He
wisely tested their integrity through a series of
character challenges.
Joseph's Brothers Find the Silver Goblet in Benjamin's Pack, by
Alexander Ivanov
Judah Reveals His
True Character
This week, Parasha Vayigash begins with a plea from
Judah, brother of Joseph, on behalf of his younger
half-brother, Benjamin. A silver cup had been
deliberately planted in Benjamin’s bag by Joseph, causing
Benjamin to be in danger of having to remain a slave in
Egypt.
Judah can't bear to return to his father without his
youngest brother, Benjamin. He knows that the grief his
father will endure for doing so will probably kill him.
He therefore pleads with Joseph, saying, “Now therefore, please let your
servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord,
and let the lad go up with his brothers. For how shall I
go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps
I see the evil that would come upon my father?” (Genesis
44:33–34)
The brothers realize that their situation is related to
their evil behavior in selling Joseph, and they are filled
with remorse over the way they had sinned against Joseph in
the past.
This confession of
sin accompanied by sincere remorse and turning from sin fulfills
the Torah’s requirements for true repentance (teshuvah).
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Wall in Jerusalem.
Judah approaches Joseph privately and explains how it
was difficult to bring Benjamin with him to Egypt since he
is the only surviving son of Rebecca, and his father is very
attached to him. He explains that he guaranteed the
boy’s safety and is desperate to take his place as a
slave.
Joseph, no longer able to control his emotions after
seeing his brothers’ repentance, cries out for everyone to
leave except his brothers. He wants to be alone with them
when he reveals his true identity.
“Then Joseph could not
restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he
cried out, ‘Make everyone go out from me!’ So no one
stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his
brothers. And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the
house of Pharaoh heard it.’” (Genesis 45:1–2)
As Joseph reveals
himself to his brothers, he comforts them: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you
sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or
angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God
sent me before you to preserve life.” (Genesis 45:5)
The Recognition of Joseph by His Brothers, by Peter Von Cornelius
God’s Sovereign
Plan of Salvation Cannot Be Broken
In placing Joseph in charge of Egypt’s food supply,
God wanted to do more than preserve the lives of the
Egyptians and the nearby world from starvation due to a
present famine.
By installing Joseph in a position of power to save
his family, God was preserving the promise He
made to Abraham, which included Israel being a blessing
to the nations:
“And
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you
and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors
you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth
shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:2–3)
Specifically, this promise would be passed down through
Isaac, not his brother Ishmael (Genesis 26:2–5);
through Jacob, not his brother Esau (Genesis 28:14–15);
and the promise of the Messiah would exclusively come
through the line of Judah,
not his other 11 brothers:
not his other 11 brothers:
“The scepter will not
depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his
descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it
belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.” (Genesis
49:10)
The one to whom
the sovereign staff belongs is the Messiah.
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Wall in Jerusalem.
God sovereignly chose Joseph to ensure that His
promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (not only of land but
also of being a blessing to all nations through the Savior
of the world) would be fulfilled through the line of
Jacob’s son, Judah.
Why did God choose Judah? Perhaps because he is the
only brother who showed compassion toward Joseph, saving his
life when his brothers wanted to kill him (Genesis
37:26–27). And as we saw earlier, he would show the
same compassion toward Benjamin, offering to become a slave
in his place.
Both of Judah's acts foreshadowed
what Yeshua would do for all of us spiritually.
In the end, neither envy, nor jealousy, nor murderous
plots against Joseph by his brothers could derail God’s plan
of salvation
— and they still can’t.
— and they still can’t.
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Jacob Reunites
with Joseph
“And they told him,
saying, ‘Joseph is still alive,
and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.’ And Jacob’s heart stood
still, because he did not believe them.” (Genesis 45:26)
In this Parasha Jacob is reunited with his
beloved son Joseph.
Imagine hearing that your favorite child, whom
you thought had been killed many years ago, is actually a
governor of the nation next door!
This perhaps reminds many of us of the shock that
Yeshua’s disciples experienced when they were told that
Yeshua was not dead, but alive.
They had seen Him
die and witnessed His burial, yet, here He was — alive and well and walking about
because death was unable to hold Him.
“When they heard that
Yeshua was alive and that she had seen him, they did not
believe it.” (Mark 16:11)
The empty tomb
Joseph invited his father and all of his
brothers into exile in Egypt to save them from the famine
in Israel. Leaving the Promised Land was not
easy. God, however, assured Jacob that it was right to
accept his offer, even though it would begin 400 years of
brutal slavery for Jacob’s descendants.
“Then God spoke to Israel
in the visions of the night, and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob!’
And he said, ‘Here I am.’ So He said, ‘I am God, the God
of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I
will make of you a great nation there. I will go down
with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up
again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.’” (Genesis
46:2–4)
During a previous famine, God instructed Jacob’s father,
Isaac, to stay in the land, but in this instance God told
Jacob to leave.
This shows us how important it is to listen for God’s voice and
obey rather than simply going with whatever decisions
seem right to us, or relying on solutions that worked in
the past.
“Trust in the LORD with
all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In
all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your
paths.” (Proverbs 3:5–6)
Jewish boys pray at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
Joseph was not only a powerful man; he was also an
excellent provider. He brought his father and all of his
brothers to Egypt where he made sure they were well looked
after.
“Then Joseph provided his
father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with
bread, according to the number in their families.” (Genesis
47:12)
Again, we can draw a parallel to Yeshua — the living bread (lechem chayim)
who was born in Beit-Lechem
(Bethlehem), the house of bread.
The bread that Joseph provided for his brothers
sustained them during their lifetime, but the bread that
Yeshua gives us sustains life eternally.
“I am the living bread
that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will
live forever. This bread is My flesh, which I will give
for the life of the world.” (John 6:51)
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recite prayers over wine and challah (braided egg bread).
Israel Reunites
with Judah
The theme of this wonderful story of Joseph’s
reconciliation with his brothers, after so many years of
being separated, continues in the Haftarah (prophetic
reading), with the reunion of the northern and
southern tribes of Israel upon their return from exile.
How did this split between the tribes of Israel happen?
After the reign of
King Solomon, the nation of Israel split into the
Southern Kingdom (represented by the tribe of
Judah & Benjamin) and the Northern Kingdom
(represented by the ten other tribes called Joseph,
Ephraim, or simply Israel).
While both kingdoms sinned, Judah (Yehudah) returned
from exile and still exists today as the Yehudim (Hebrew
word for Jews). The
ten northern tribes went into the nations and became “lost,”
although some members of those tribes did return.
Because of their idolatry, God broke the bonds of
brotherhood between Judah and Joseph (Ephraim/Israel):
“Then I cut in two my
other staff, bonds, that I might break the brotherhood
between Judah and Israel.” (Zechariah 11:14)
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According to Jewish thought, the animosity between
Joseph and his brothers (all children of Jacob) foreshadows
this later split between Judah and Benjamin with the other
tribes of Israel
(all children of God).
(all children of God).
In an amazing prophecy, however, God promises
that one day there will again be unity between them.
“Surely
I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I
will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ (Ezekiel
37:19)
To make sure there is no misunderstanding, God plainly
explains this prophetic symbolism:
“Behold,
I will take the people of Israel from the nations among
which they have gone, and will gather them from all
around, and bring them to their own land. And I
will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains
of Israel.”
(Ezekiel 37:21–22)
(Ezekiel 37:21–22)
Of course, there is another reconciliation that God has
brought about. Through Yeshua’s sacrificial death on the
Roman execution stake — the dividing
wall between Jew and Gentile has also been destroyed,
resulting in “one new man” out of the two.
An Arab and a Jewish child walk together in friendship.
Though divisions have and still do exist,
God’s purposes are to reconcile us to Himself and to one
another.
“For
He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has
broken down the middle wall of separation, having
abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of
commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create
in Himself one new man from the two, thus
making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God
in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death
the enmity.”
(Ephesians 2:14–16)
(Ephesians 2:14–16)
There is an even greater reconciliation to come. If we
look prophetically at this story of Joseph, we may see that
just as Joseph said, “Ani Yoseph: I am Joseph, your
brother,” likewise,
Yeshua one day will say, “Ani Yeshua: I am your
salvation, your brother and your Messiah.”
Halleluyah!
When the Jewish people recognize Yeshua as their Messiah
there will also be a great reconciliation that will bring
about life-giving change all over the world. How we long
for that great day!
“For if their being cast
away is the reconciling of the world, what will their
acceptance be but life from the dead?” (Romans 11:15)
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It is exciting to be living in a day when we can see
prophecy fulfilled before our very eyes as the Jewish people
return home from all four corners of the earth.
So few Jews, however, realize that Yeshua is the Messiah of whom the prophecies in the Tanakh (Old Testament) foretell.
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