Commentary on Parashat Vayechi, Genesis 47:28-50:26
Jacob and all his sons and their families are now settled in Egypt with Joseph, who is the second-most powerful man in the Pharaoh’s kingdom.
Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years and he was 147 years old. Jacob (also called Israel) said to Joseph, “If I have found favor in your eyes, then swear to me that you will not bury me in Egypt, but with my fathers in Canaan.”
Joseph agreed, then later received word that his father was dying. Joseph took his two sons, Menashe and Ephraim, to see Jacob. Jacob sat up in bed, saying, “God, the All-Sufficing, appeared to me in the land of Canaan and blessed me. God said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and I will let you become a community of nations and will give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession.”
Then Jacob added, “Now, bring your sons to me so that I may bless them. Your two sons, born before I came to Egypt, shall belong to me just like Reuben and Simeon. But the children whom you beget after them shall remain yours.”
Jacob could not see, so Joseph brought his sons close enough so his father could embrace them. Jacob said to Joseph, “I had not thought it possible that I would see your face, and now God has let me see even your seed.”
Joseph had his sons kneel before Jacob. Ephraim was to Jacob’s left and Manashe to Jacob’s right. Jacob then stretched out his right hand and placed it upon Ephraim’s head–though he was the younger–and his left hand was upon Menashe’s head. He guided his hands deliberately, for Menashe was the first-born.
He said, “The God before Whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, conducted themselves, the God Who has been my Shepherd for my existence until this day, the angel who has delivered me from all evil, bless the lads so that my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, may be called in them and that they may multiply like fish in the midst of the earth.”
Jacob Gives Advice to His Sons
When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand upon Ephraim’s head, he moved it to Menashe’s. He said, “No father. This is the first-born, place your right hand upon his head.”
Jacob refused. “I know it, my son. He, too, will become a tribe. He, too, will be great but his younger brother will be greater than he and his seed will complete the nations.” He blessed them on that day saying, “May God make you as Ephraim and Menashe.” He put Ephraim before Menashe.
Later, Jacob gathered his sons. “I wish to tell you what will befall you in the aftermath of days. Listen: Reuben, you are my first-born, my strength and the first of my acquisitions, privileged in rank and power. But instability like water in you does not permit you this privilege, for you have mounted your father’s couch and profaned it.
“Shimeon and Levi are brothers, but instruments of violence are the means of acquiring gain. My will must not enter their council. A curse therefore upon their anger, for it is too cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.”
“Judah, you are the one; to you will your brothers do homage. Judah is like a lion. The scepter will not depart from Judah nor the law inscribing stylus from between his feet, until his sprout, seemingly the last and weakest, will come. Then it will be to him, the one of manly strength, that the nations, dulled with age, will fall.”
“Zebulun will dwell at a bay of seas. He will become a harbor for ships.”
“Yissakhar, a nimble beast of burden, rests between the rows of household vessels. He has given to pay the tribute of the tiller of the soil.”
“Dan will champion the right of his people as only one of the tribes of Israel can. Dan will become a serpent on the highway, which bits the charger’s heel so that the rider falls backward.”
“Gad, many a troop will drive into him like a wedge, but he will drive like a wedge into their heel. Through Asher his food will become rich and he will yield royal delights.”
“Naphtali, a gazelle-like messenger, delivers eloquent speeches.”
“Joseph was a noble, outstanding son. When they heaped bitter abuse upon him, he remained serene, already blessed from God. You will remain with the All-Sufficing Who will continue to bless you.”
“Benjamin will tear the wolf to pieces. He will eat a portion in the morning, but in the evening he will divide it as spoil.”
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Jacob and all his sons and their families are now settled in Egypt with Joseph, who is the second-most powerful man in the Pharaoh’s kingdom.
Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years and he was 147 years old. Jacob (also called Israel) said to Joseph, “If I have found favor in your eyes, then swear to me that you will not bury me in Egypt, but with my fathers in Canaan.”
Joseph agreed, then later received word that his father was dying. Joseph took his two sons, Menashe and Ephraim, to see Jacob. Jacob sat up in bed, saying, “God, the All-Sufficing, appeared to me in the land of Canaan and blessed me. God said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and I will let you become a community of nations and will give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession.”
Then Jacob added, “Now, bring your sons to me so that I may bless them. Your two sons, born before I came to Egypt, shall belong to me just like Reuben and Simeon. But the children whom you beget after them shall remain yours.”
Jacob could not see, so Joseph brought his sons close enough so his father could embrace them. Jacob said to Joseph, “I had not thought it possible that I would see your face, and now God has let me see even your seed.”
Joseph had his sons kneel before Jacob. Ephraim was to Jacob’s left and Manashe to Jacob’s right. Jacob then stretched out his right hand and placed it upon Ephraim’s head–though he was the younger–and his left hand was upon Menashe’s head. He guided his hands deliberately, for Menashe was the first-born.
He said, “The God before Whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, conducted themselves, the God Who has been my Shepherd for my existence until this day, the angel who has delivered me from all evil, bless the lads so that my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, may be called in them and that they may multiply like fish in the midst of the earth.”
Jacob Gives Advice to His Sons
When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand upon Ephraim’s head, he moved it to Menashe’s. He said, “No father. This is the first-born, place your right hand upon his head.”
Jacob refused. “I know it, my son. He, too, will become a tribe. He, too, will be great but his younger brother will be greater than he and his seed will complete the nations.” He blessed them on that day saying, “May God make you as Ephraim and Menashe.” He put Ephraim before Menashe.
Later, Jacob gathered his sons. “I wish to tell you what will befall you in the aftermath of days. Listen: Reuben, you are my first-born, my strength and the first of my acquisitions, privileged in rank and power. But instability like water in you does not permit you this privilege, for you have mounted your father’s couch and profaned it.
“Shimeon and Levi are brothers, but instruments of violence are the means of acquiring gain. My will must not enter their council. A curse therefore upon their anger, for it is too cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.”
“Judah, you are the one; to you will your brothers do homage. Judah is like a lion. The scepter will not depart from Judah nor the law inscribing stylus from between his feet, until his sprout, seemingly the last and weakest, will come. Then it will be to him, the one of manly strength, that the nations, dulled with age, will fall.”
“Zebulun will dwell at a bay of seas. He will become a harbor for ships.”
“Yissakhar, a nimble beast of burden, rests between the rows of household vessels. He has given to pay the tribute of the tiller of the soil.”
“Dan will champion the right of his people as only one of the tribes of Israel can. Dan will become a serpent on the highway, which bits the charger’s heel so that the rider falls backward.”
“Gad, many a troop will drive into him like a wedge, but he will drive like a wedge into their heel. Through Asher his food will become rich and he will yield royal delights.”
“Naphtali, a gazelle-like messenger, delivers eloquent speeches.”
“Joseph was a noble, outstanding son. When they heaped bitter abuse upon him, he remained serene, already blessed from God. You will remain with the All-Sufficing Who will continue to bless you.”
“Benjamin will tear the wolf to pieces. He will eat a portion in the morning, but in the evening he will divide it as spoil.”
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