Vaychi
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Vaychi, Vayechi or Vayhi is the twelfth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the last in the Book of Genesis. It constitutes Genesis 47:28–50:26. The parashah tells of
Jacob, Ephraim, and Manasseh (17th-century painting by Guercino)
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1656 painting by Rembrandt)
Jacob Blessing Joseph's Sons (painting circa 1635 by Jan Victors)
Jacob Blesses His Sons (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible)
Twelve Tribes of Israel
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The Twelve Tribes of Israel are described in the Hebrew Bible as being the descendants of Jacob, a Hebrew patriarch who was a son of Isaac and thereby a grandson of Abraham. Jacob, later known as Isra
Vaychi
…open portion end here. In the long sixth reading, Jacob called Benjamin a ravenous wolf that devours its prey. The editor summarises: "these are the twelve tribes". And Jacob charged his sons to bury him with his fathers in the cave of Machpelah that Abraham bought and where they buried Abraham and Sarah, Isaac…
Mosaic depicting the twelve tribes and their Hebrew names, with symbolic images. Asher: a tree Dan: Scales of justice Judah: Kinnor, cithara, and crown, symbolising King David Reuben: Mandrake (Genesis 30:14) Joseph: Palm tree and sheaves of wheat, likely references to the dreams he received as a child (Genesis 37:7) Naphtali: gazelle (Genesis 49:21) Issachar: Sun, moon and stars (1 Chronicles 12:32) Simeon: towers and walls of the city of Shechem
Parentage of Jacob's twelve sons, per Genesis 35
The dying Jacob blesses his twelve sons (Adam van Noort)
The twelve tribes of Israel camped around the tabernacle. (Jan Luyken, 1673)