Vayeitzei, וַיֵּצֵא, And [Jacob] Left
12/06/2024 09:24:13 AM
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And Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. - Genesis 28:10
TORAH, Genesis 28:10−32:3
SUMMARY
• Jacob dreams of angels going up and down a ladder. God blesses him. Jacob names the place Bethel. (28:10-22)
• Jacob works seven years in order to marry Rachel, but Laban tricks Jacob into marrying Leah, Rachel's older sister. (29:16-25)
• Jacob marries Rachel but only after having to commit himself to seven more years of working for Laban. (29:26-30)
• Leah, Rachel, and their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah, give birth to eleven sons and one daughter. (29:31-30:24)
• Jacob and his family leave Laban's household with great wealth. (31:1-32:3)
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