Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Vayechi - The Lion and the Scepter of Judah !!!
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#ShabbatShalom - Welcome to this week’s Parasha Vayechi (And He Lived). May you be richly blessed as you study with us the portion of Scripture that will be read during this Shabbat’s (Saturday) morning service in synagogues throughout the world.
In last week’s study, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers and invited them, as well as his father, to live in Egypt in order to provide for them during the famine. Joseph, his brothers, and his father were joyfully reunited and reconciled. This week’s Torah portion, Parasha Vayechi (and he lived) is the final Shabbat reading from the book of Genesis (Bereisheet) and ends with the death of Jacob and Joseph.
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And Jacob lived (Vayechi Yaacov) in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. Genesis 47:28
Shabbat Shalom - Parasha Vayechi - The Lion and the Scepter of Judah !!!
Vayechi (And He Lived) is this week’s Parasha (Torah Portion).
May you be richly blessed as you study with us the portion of Scripture that will be read during this Shabbat’s (Saturday) morning service in synagogues throughout the world.
Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem!
Vayechi (And He Lived)
Genesis 47:28–50:26; 1 Kings 2:1–12; John 10:1–21
“And Jacob lived (Vayechi Yaacov) in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.” (Genesis 47:28)
This week’s Torah portion, Parasha Vayechi (and he lived) is the final Shabbat reading from the book of Genesis (Bereisheet).
In last week’s study, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers and invited them, as well as his father, to live in Egypt in order to provide for them during the famine. Joseph, his brothers, and his father were joyfully reunited and reconciled.
Parasha Vayechi ends the first book of the Bible with the death of Jacob and Joseph.
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Jewish Longing for the Promised Land
In this Parasha, Jacob compelled Joseph to vow that he would carry his body out of Egypt and back to the Land of his Fathers and bury him there. Joseph agreed to his dying father’s request. (Genesis 47:29–30)
Although Jacob had lived the last 17 years of his life in Egypt, he never forgot the Land God had promised him by divine Covenant.
Likewise, ever since God called Abraham out of Ur, the Jewish People have not lost sight of the Promised Land given to them through Isaac and Jacob. Even when Nebuchadnezzar took the people of Israel captive, they sat by the rivers of Babylon weeping and remembering Zion, vowing to never forget her.
“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth — If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.” (Psalm 137:5–6)
We must understand this eternal longing planted in the Jewish soul to comprehend the fierce determination of the people of Israel to remain in the Land that God promised us through our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Many maintain a strong emotional tie to the Land of Israel even while living in exile among the nations of the world.
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Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
As Jacob neared his death, Joseph brought his two sons before his father for a blessing. Jacob asked who the two boys were and Joseph answered,
“They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place [Egypt].” (Genesis 48:9)
When he saw Joseph’s sons,
he thought only of the goodness of God.
he thought only of the goodness of God.
Jacob said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!” (Genesis 48:11)
At the end of his life, Jacob praised the Lord for His exceedingly abundant goodness, despite having experienced many difficulties and trials.
God’s goodness not only met, but also exceeded his expectations.
“Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power He can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.” (Ephesians 3:20)
Jacob blessed Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh; however, in a surprise move, he put his right hand on Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left on Manasseh, who was the firstborn and should have rightfully received the primary blessing.
“So he blessed them that day, saying, ‘By you Israel will bless, saying, “May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!”’ And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.” (Genesis 48:20)
Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, by Benjamin West
Even today, many Jewish fathers will bless their sons on Friday evening when families usher in the Sabbath (Shabbat), saying, “May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh (Ye’simchs Elohim ke’Efrayim ve’khe-Menasheh).”
But why would we bless our sons to be like Ephraim and Manasseh? What was so special about these young men?
Although they were born into the pagan, idolatrous culture of Egypt, they remained faithful to the worship of the God of Israel.
This is what we desire for our children—that despite being surrounded by a sea of questionable ethics and morality, they will grow up to be of good character, holding onto faith in the One True God, worshiping Him in spirit and in truth, keeping the Torah that has been written on the hearts of those who follow Yeshua (Jesus).
When we bless our children to be like Ephraim and Manasseh, we are exhorting them to resist the negative peer pressure and immorality of the society in which they live, and instead hold true to the values we have taught them from God’s Word.
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)
Through his blessing, Jacob elevated these two grandsons to be on an equal level with his own sons. Manasseh and Ephraim became leaders of their own tribes, representing the House of Joseph, receiving their own portion of land, and waving their own flags.
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Jacob’s Prophetic Blessings over the 12 Tribes
“Jacob called his sons, and he said: ‘Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in the end of days. Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel [Jacob], your father.’” (Genesis 49:1–2)
Jacob, of course, did not only bless his grandsons, Ephraim and Manasseh. He also called all of his sons together to bless and prophesy over them on his deathbed. All of them were blessed in that they would all enter the Promised Land and receive an inheritance there.
The blessings were carefully constructed and appropriate to the individual. They were often based on past behavior that was projected beyond the life of these sons to their descendants.
When Jacob blessed his firstborn son, Reuben, he did not give him the double portion or preeminence usually reserved for firstborn sons. Because of Reuben’s instability, the double portion was given to Joseph and preeminence was given to Judah.
He did this because Reuben slept with Jacob’s concubine, Bilhah, which revealed his lust for power over the family. In other words, when Reuben took possession of his father’s harem, it revealed an attempt to usurp his authority. For this reason, Jacob resisted giving Reuben a position of preeminence.
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When Jacob blessed Simeon and Levi, he cursed their anger for their role in the massacre on Shechem after Jacob’s daughter Dinah was raped.
Though their anger was a fitting response, it was not a righteous anger. They tricked the men of Shechem into a false peace agreement and used it as a trap to kill them.
Their violence was so excessive that they even hamstrung the oxen.
However, other sons were blessed with beauty and fertility (Joseph); swiftness of a deer (Naphtali); ferociousness of a wolf (Benjamin); scholarship (Issachar); military might (Gad); and so on.
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Jacob Proclaims Judah the Leader of the Tribes of Israel
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down before you.” (Genesis 49:8)
When the people of Israel came out of slavery in Egypt, Judah became God’s “holy ones”:
“When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah became His sanctuary [kadosho], Israel His dominion [memshalah].” (Psalm 114:1–2)
The word translated sanctuary is kadosho (קָדְשׁוֹ), meaning holiness or holy portion. It comes from the word kadosh (קדוש), which means holy or set apart.
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