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Vayishlach 1st Aliyah (Gen 32)4 Then Ya‘akov sent messengers before him to his brother ‘Esav in the land of Se‘ir, the field of Edom. 5 He also commanded them saying: “Thus you shall say to my master ‘Esav: ‘Your servant Ya‘akov says thus, I have sojourned with Lavan and stayed there till now. 6 I have cattle and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants and I have sent to inform my master, that I may find favour in your eyes.’ ”

Vayishlach 1st Aliyah (Gen 32)7 The messengers returned to Ya‘akov saying, “We came to your brother ‘Esav, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”8 Then Ya‘akov was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks and herds and the camels, into two groups;

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9 for he said, “If ‘Esav comes to the one group and attacks it, then the group that is left shall escape.”10 Then Ya‘akov said, “O Elohim of my father Avraham, and Elohim of my father Yitz’chak, יהוה who said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,’

Vayishlach 1st Aliyah (Gen 32)11 I am unworthy of all the kindness and of all the truth which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Yarden, but now I have become two groups. 12 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of ‘Esav, for I fear him, that he shall come and smite me, and the mothers with the children.

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13 For you said, ‘I shall certainly prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted for multitude.’ ”

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14 So he spent the night there, and took of that which came to his hand a present for his brother ‘Esav: 15 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 16 thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she donkeys and ten he donkeys. 17 He gave them into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on before me, and put a space between herds.”


18 He commanded the one in front, saying, “When my brother ‘Esav meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and for whom are these before you?’ 19 then you shall say, ‘These belong to your servant Ya‘akov. It is a present sent to my master ‘Esav, and behold, he himself is behind us.’ ”


20 And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all those who followed the herds, saying: “In this word shall you speak to ‘Esav when you find him. 21 And you shall say, ‘Also, behold, your servant Ya‘akov is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that is going before me, and afterwards I will see his face, perhaps he will accept me.”


22 So the present went on before him, and he himself spent that night in the camp.23 And he arose during that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Yabok. 24 And he took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent over what was his. 25 And Ya‘akov was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.


26 When he saw that he could not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip so the socket of Ya‘akov’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him. 27 And he (the messenger) said, “Let me go, for dawn is breaking.”But he (Ya‘akov) said, “I will not let you go unless you have blessed me.”


28 So he said to him, “What is your name?”And he said, “Ya‘akov.”29 And he said, “Your name will no longer be called Ya‘akov, but Isra’el, because you have commanding power with a messenger of Elohim and with men, and you have prevailed.”


30 And Ya‘akov asked and said, “Now tell me your name.”And he said, “Why is it that you ask for my name?” And he blessed him there.

Vayishlach 3rd Aliyah (Gen 32)31 So Ya‘akov called the place P’ni-El [face of El], for he said, “I saw Elohim face to face, and yet my life was preserved.”32 And the sun rose for him as he passed P’ni-El, and he was limping on his hip. 33 Therefore to this day the sons of Isra’el do not eat of the displaced tendon, which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Ya‘akov’s thigh, in the hip sinew.

Vayishlach 3rd Aliyah (Gen 33)1 Ya‘akov lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, ‘Esav was coming, and with him were four hundred men; so he divided the children among Le’ah, and Rachel, and the two maidservants. 2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, and Le’ah and her children next, and Rachel and Yosef last. 3 And he himself went on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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4 And ‘Esav ran to meet him and embraced him; and he fell on his neck and kissed him. And they wept. 5 And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children. And he said, “Who are these to you?” And he said, “The children with whom Elohim has favoured your servant.”

Vayishlach 4th Aliyah (Gen 33)6 Then the maidservants and their children came near and they bowed down. 7 And Le’ah and her children came near and they bowed down. And afterward came Yosef near and Rachel, and they bowed down.8 And he said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?”And he said, “These are to find favour in the eyes of my master.”

Vayishlach 4th Aliyah (Gen 33)9 But ‘Esav said, “I have enough, my brother. Let what you have remain yours.”10 Thereupon Ya‘akov said, “No, please! If indeed I have found favour in your eyes, then receive my present from my hand, for I see your face, which is like seeing the face of Elohim, and you have received me favorably.

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11 Please take my blessing that has been brought to you, for Elohim has favoured me and because I have everything.” And he prevailed upon him, and he took it.12 Then ‘Esav said, “Let us depart and we will go; and I will go before you.”

Vayishlach 4th Aliyah (Gen 33)13 But he said to him, “My master knows that the children are weak and that the flocks and herds which are nursing their young are a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks shall die. 14 Now let my master go on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the livestock that is before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my master, to Se‘ir.”

Vayishlach 4th Aliyah (Gen 33)15 ‘Esav said, “Let me leave with you some of the men who are with me.”But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favour in the eyes of my master.”16 So ‘Esav returned on that day on his way to Se‘ir. 17 Ya‘akov went to Sukkot, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the place is called Sukkot [shelters].

Vayishlach 4th Aliyah (Gen 33)18 And Ya‘akov came safely to the city of Sh’khem, which is in the land of Kena‘an, when he came from Paddan-Aram, and camped before the city. 19 And he bought the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Sh’khem, for a hundred kesitas. 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohei-Yisra’el [El, the Elohim of Isra’el].

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)1 Now Dinah, the daughter of Le’ah, whom she had borne to Ya‘akov, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 When Sh’khem the son of Hamor the Hivi, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his heart was deeply drawn to Dinah the daughter of Ya‘akov, and he loved the girl and spoke kindly to her. 4 And Sh’khem spoke to his father Hamor saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.”


5 Ya‘akov heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah, but his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Ya‘akov kept silent until they came in.6 Then Hamor the father of Sh’khem went out to Ya‘akov to speak with him.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)7 Now Ya‘akov’s sons had come in from the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved, and they burned fiercely, because he had done a senseless deed in Isra’el by lying with Ya‘akov’s daughter—and such a thing ought not to be done.8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Sh’khem his being has a liking for your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)9 Intermarry with us; and give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 And you can dwell with us; and the land shall be open before you. Dwell, trade in it, and have property in it.”11 And Sh’khem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favour in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask me.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)12 Impose upon me a high bride price and gift, and I will give according as you ask of me, but give me the girl for a wife.”13 Thereupon, Ya‘akov’s sons answered Sh’khem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 They said to them, “We cannot do this matter, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)15 Only on this condition we will agree to you, if you will become as we be, that every male of you be circumcised. 16 Then we shall give you our daughters and we shall take your daughters for ourselves. And we shall dwell with you and become one people. 17 But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, we shall take our daughter and go.”

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)18 Their words seemed good to Hamor and Sh’khem, the son of Hamor. 19 The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Ya‘akov’ s daughter, and he was the most respected in all his father’s household. 20 So Hamor and his son Sh’khem came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the people of their city, saying,

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)21 “These men are friendly with us; therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it; and the land behold it is large enough for them. We will take their daughters for ourselves as wives, and we will give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)23 Then shall not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? But let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Sh’khem, and every male, all who went out of the gate of his city, was circumcised.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Ya‘akov’s sons, Shim‘on and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and they came upon the city with confidence, and they killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Sh’khem with the edge of the sword and took Dinah from Sh’khem’s house and left. 27 The sons of Ya‘akov came upon the slain and plundered the city that had defiled their sister.


28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys and whatever was in the city and whatever was in the field. 29 And they captured and plundered all their wealth and all their children and their wives, and all that was in the houses.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)30 Then Ya‘akov said to Shim‘on and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Kena‘ani and among the P’rizi; and my men being few in number, they shall join together against me and smite me, and I and my household shall be destroyed.”31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a whore?”

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 35)1 Then Elohim said to Ya‘akov, “Arise and go up to Beit-El and settle there, and make an altar there to El, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother ‘Esav.”2 So Ya‘akov said to his household and to all who were with him, “Remove the gods of the foreign nations which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves and change your garments.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 35)3 And let us arise and go up to Beit-El, and I will make an altar to El, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave Ya‘akov all the gods of the nations that were in their hands and all their earrings that were in their ears, and Ya‘akov hid them under the oak that was near Sh’khem.


5 Then they departed, and the fear of Elohim was upon the cities that were around them so that they did not pursue Ya‘akov’s sons.6 And Ya‘akov came to Luz (that is, Beit-El), which is in the land of Kena‘an, he and all the people who were with him.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 35)7 He built an altar there, and he called the place El-Beit-El [El of Beit-El], because there Elohim had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.8 Now D’vorah, Rivkah’s nurse, died and she was buried below Beit-El under the oak. So it was named Alon-Bakhut [oak of weeping].


9 And Elohim appeared to Ya‘akov again when he came from Paddan-Aram, and blessed him. 10 Elohim said to him, “Your name is Ya‘akov. You will no longer be called Ya‘akov; but Isra’el will be your name.” And he named him Isra’el.


11 And Elohim said to him, “I am El Shaddai; be fruitful and increase. A nation and a company of nations shall come into existence from you, and sovereigns shall come forth from your descendants.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 35)12 The land that I gave to Avraham and Yitz’chak I will give it to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you.” 13 Then Elohim went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.14 Ya‘akov set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, even a stone monument, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 35)15 Ya‘akov called the place where Elohim had talked with him Beit-El.16 Then they journeyed from Beit-El, and there was still some distance to come to Efrat, Rachel began to give birth and she had great difficulty. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in great difficulty, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have another son.”

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 35)18 And it came to pass, as her life departed—for she died—that she named him Ben-Oni [son of my grief]. But his father called him Binyamin [son of the right hand, son of the south].19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Efrat (that is, Beit-Lechem). 20 And Ya‘akov set up a pillar over her grave, that is the monument of Rachel’s grave to this day.21 Isra’el moved on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-‘Eder.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 35)22 And it came to pass while Isra’el was living in that land, that Re’uven went and slept with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Isra’el heard of it.And so, the sons of Ya‘akov were twelve:23 The sons of Le’ah:Re’uven, Ya‘akov’s firstborn,and Shim’on, Levi, Y’hudah, Yissakhar and Z’vulun.


24 The sons of Rachel:Yosef and Binyamin.25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant:Dan and Naftali.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 35)26 The sons of Zilpah Le’ah’s maidservant:Gad and Asher.These are the sons of Ya‘akov, who were born to him in Paddan-Aram.27 Ya‘akov came to his father Yitz’chak, to Mamre, Kiryat-Arba (that is, Hevron), where Avraham and Yitz’chak had dwelt. 28 The days of Yitz’chak were a hundred and eighty years.

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29 And Yitz’chak breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, being aged and satisfied of days. And his sons ‘Esav and Ya‘akov buried him.1 And these are the generations of ‘Esav (that is, Edom).2 ‘Esav took his wives from the daughters of Kena’an: ‘Adah daughter of Eilon the Hitti, and Oholivamah daughter of ‘Anah and granddaughter of Tziv‘on the Hivi—


3 also Basmat daughter of Yishma‘el, sister of N’vayot.4 ‘Adah bore Elifaz to ‘Esav, and Basmat bore Re’u’el, 5 and Oholivamah bore Ye‘ush, and Ya‘lam and Korach. These are the sons of ‘Esav who were born to him in the land of Kena‘an.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 36)6 And ‘Esav took his wives, his sons and his daughters and all the beings of his household, and his livestock and all his beasts and all his possessions that he had gained in the land of Kena‘an, and went to another land away from his brother Ya‘akov. 7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.


8 So ‘Esav dwelt in the hill country of Se‘ir (‘Esav, that is, Edom).9 And these are the generations of ‘Esav the father of Edom in the hill country of Se‘ir.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 36)10 These are the names of ‘Esav’s sons: Elifaz, the son of ‘Esav’s wife ‘Adah, Re‘u’el the son of ‘Esav’s wife Basmat.11 The sons of Elifaz were Teman, Omar, Tzefo, Ga‘tam and K’naz.12 And Timnah was the concubine to Elifaz, son of ‘Esav, and she bore to Elifaz, ‘Amalek. These were the sons of ‘Adah, the wife of ‘Esav.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 36)13 And these are the sons of Re‘u’el:Nachat, Zerach, Shammah and Mizah. These are the sons of Basmat, the wife of ‘Esav.14 And these are the sons of Oholivamah daughter of ‘Anah, daughter of Tziv‘on, the wife of ‘Esav; she bore to ‘Esav:Ye‘ush, Ya‘lam and Korach.


15 These became the chiefs of the sons of ‘Esav:The sons of Elifaz, ‘Esav’s firstborn:Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Tzefo, Chief Kenaz, 16 Chief Korach, Chief Ga‘tam, Chief ‘Amalek. These are the chiefs of Elifaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of ‘Adah.

Vayishlach 6th Aliyah (Gen 36)17 And these are the sons of Re‘u’el the son of ‘Esav:Chief Nachat, Chief Zerach, Chief Shammah and Chief Mizah. These are the chiefs of Re‘u’el in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basmat, the wife of ‘Esav.18 And these are the sons of Oholivamah ‘Esav’s wife:Chief Ye‘ush, Chief Ya‘lam, Chief Korach. These were the chiefs that came of Oholivamah, daughter of ‘Anah, ‘Esav’s wife.


19 These are the sons of ‘Esav, and these are their chiefs (he is Edom).

Vayishlach 7th Aliyah (Gen 36)20 These are the sons of Se‘ir the Hori, the inhabitants of the land:Lotan, Shoval, Tziv‘on and ‘Anah,21 Dishon, Etzer and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Hori, the sons of Se‘ir, in the land of Edom.22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam, and the sister of Lotan was Timnah.

Vayishlach 7th Aliyah (Gen 36)23 And these are the sons of Shoval: ‘Alvan, Manachat and ‘Eival, Sh’fo and Onam.24 And these are the sons of Tziv‘on: Ayah and ‘Anah he is ‘Anah who found the springs in the wilderness when he fed the donkeys for his father Tziv‘on.25 And these are the children of ‘Anah: Dishon and Oholivamah the daughter of ‘Anah.

Vayishlach 7th Aliyah (Gen 36)26 And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Yitran and K’ran.27 These are the sons of Etzer: Bilhan, Za‘avan and ‘Akan.28 These are the sons of Dishan: ‘Utz and Aran.29 These are the chiefs of the Hori: Chief Lotan, Chief Shoval, Chief Tziv‘on, Chief ‘Anah,

Vayishlach 7th Aliyah (Gen 36)30 Chief Dishon, Chief Etzer and Chief Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Hori, according to their chiefs in the land of Se‘ir.31 And these are the sovereigns who reigned in the land of Edom before any sovereign reigned over the children of Isra’el:32 Bela son of B‘or reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhavah.

Vayishlach 7th Aliyah (Gen 36)33 Bela died, and Yovav son of Zerach of Botzrah reigned in his place.34 And Yovav died, and Husham of the land of the Temani reigned in his place.35 Husham died, and Hadad son of B’dad, who smote Midyan in the field of Mo’av, reigned in his place. The name of his city was ‘Avit.


36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.37 Samlah died, and Sha’ul of Rechovot-by-the-River reigned in his place.38 Sha’ul died, and Ba‘al-Chanan son of ‘Akhbor reigned in his place.

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39 Ba‘al-Chanan, son of ‘Akhbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pa’u; his wife's name was M’heitav’el daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mei-Zahav.40 And these are the names of the chiefs of ‘Esav, according to their clans, according to their places, by their names:Chief Timna, Chief ‘Alvah, Chief Y’tet, 41 Chief Oholivamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,

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42 Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mivtzar, 43 Chief Magdi’el, Chief ‘Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.That is ‘Esav father of Edom.

Vayishlach 5th Aliyah (Gen 34)1 Now Dinah, the daughter of Le’ah, whom she had borne to Ya‘akov, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 When Sh’khem the son of Hamor the Hivi, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his heart was deeply drawn to Dinah the daughter of Ya‘akov, and he loved the girl and spoke kindly to her. 4 And Sh’khem spoke to his father Hamor saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

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