Vayigash וַיִּגַּשׁ
Yehuda steps forward and offers himself in Binyamin's place, and Yosef can hold back no longer: «I am Yosef—is my father still alive?» The family comes down to Egypt, seventy souls, and settles in Goshen. Yosef gathers the land of Egypt to Pharaoh through the years of famine.
Read next on 19 December 2026, 8 January 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
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How it is read
| First | Bereshit 44:18—44:30 | 13 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Bereshit 44:31—45:7 | 11 verses |
| Third | Bereshit 45:8—45:18 | 11 verses |
| Fourth | Bereshit 45:19—45:27 | 9 verses |
| Fifth | Bereshit 45:28—46:27 | 28 verses |
| Sixth | Bereshit 46:28—47:10 | 17 verses |
| Seventh | Bereshit 47:11—47:27 | 17 verses |
| Maftir | Bereshit 47:25—47:27 | 3 verses |
| Haftarah | Ezekiel 37:15—37:28 on Sefaria | 14 verses |
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