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Pâ•râsh•at wa-Yijash 2nd Eve

Yi•sᵊr•â•eil Learns Yo•seiph Is Alive

é‑‑ä Promises Yi•sᵊr•â•eil Will Return To Kᵊna•an

Bᵊeir Shëva, Kᵊna•an & Mi•tzᵊrayim: Ankh-​Tawi,, Pi-Tom and Pi-Ra-moses ca. B.C.E. 1760
Bᵊeir Sheva, Kᵊnan
Click to enlargeBᵊeir Shëva, Kᵊna•an

When they came to their father in Kᵊna•an and told him about Yo•seiph, Yi•sᵊr•â•eil's heart skipped a beat in disbelief. "Overwhelming!" Yi•sᵊr•â•eil exclaimed at the news. "My son Yo•seiph is still alive and I'll go see him before I die."

So Yi•sᵊr•â•eil loaded all of his belongings in the carts that Par•oh Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph 4th had provided and journeyed to Bᵊeir Shëva, where he sacrificed to the Ël•oh•im of his father, Yi•tzᵊkhâq. It was there in Bᵊeir Shëva that Yi•sᵊr•â•eil perceived é‑‑ä speak to him in a night dream, saying his name:

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Click to enlargeBᵊeir Shëva today (top) and Tël Bᵊeir Shëva (bottom).

"Ya•a•qov…, Ya•a•qov!"

"Here I am!" Ya•a•qov replied.

"I Myself am the Eil; the Ël•oh•im of your father. Don't be terrified of going down to Mi•tzᵊrayim, because I will establish you as a large goy there. I'll go down toward Mi•tzᵊrayim with you and I'll raise you up from there as well — and Yo•seiph shall close your eyes when you die."

Then Ya•a•qov arose and left Bᵊeir Shëva. Bᵊn•ei-Yi•sᵊrâ•eil carried their father Ya•a•qov, the babies and the women in the carts that Par•oh Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph 4th had provided them. They took their stock and their acquisitions, which they had acquired in ërëtz Kᵊna•an — a total of 70 nᵊphâsh•ot came to Mi•tzᵊrayim.

Optional parental preparation:

  1. What does the text mean by "close your eyes"?

Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:

  1. What does goy mean?

  2. What is a nëphësh?

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