Parshat Vayechi: The Weekly Parsha Story Illustrated by AI

hello everyone in the previous episode we told you about the emotional reunion between Yakov and Yosef and how Yakov settled with his family in Egypt Yakov lived in Egypt for 17 years Yakov was the first sick person in the world until Yakov anyone who sneezed would die Yakov asked Hashem to do it gradually so that a person could prepare and bless his sons Hashem said to Yakov you will be the first yakob felt that he was about to leave this world he called ysep and said to him please do not bury me in Egypt take me to the land of Canan where I want to be buried next to my ancestors ysep promised his father that he would fulfill his request and bowed towards the head of the bed because the divine presence is above the head of the sick person so ysf bowed towards the divine presence you probably want to know why Yakov didn't want to be buried in Egypt the first reason is because Yakov feared the Egyptians would turn him into an idol he knew that they worship idols and he didn't want them to start worshiping him after his death the second reason is because Yakov saw through ruak kodesh divine inspiration that Hashem would bring the plague of lice upon the land of Egypt and he was afraid he would suffer when yakob felt that the end was near he called all his sons and wanted to bless them before he passed away but before that something special happened with his grandchildren ephriam and manasha the sons of ysep Yakov saw Ephraim and manasha and decided to bless them but instead of placing his right hand on the head of manasha the firstborn he placed it on the head of the younger Ephraim ysep noticed this and wanted to correct his father but Yakov said I know what I'm doing Ephraim will be greater than manasha and righteous people will come from him yahushua binon will descend from him and therefore he is worthy Yakov blessed them may God make you like ephriam and manasha may God bless you and watch over you may God shine his face toward you and show you favor may God be favorably disposed toward you and may He Grant you peace this is the blessing given to children every Friday night before Yakov parted from ysf he said to him my dear son I have a city that I took from the Gentiles and it is called shahim I want to give it to you as a gift and also take the special clothes of Adam which have been passed down from one to another and today they are with me keep them safe with you and indeed ysep was buried in shahm now the exciting moment has arrived Yakov blesses all his sons giving each one a special blessing that suits his character about Yehuda he said he is like a lion strong and a leader about yahar he said he's like a strong donkey hardworking but also knows how to rest to Dunn he said that he is like a snake wise and cunning and to Benyamin he said that he is like a brave wolf and a mighty warrior after yakob finished blessing his sons he turned to them and said my dear Sons I ask you not to learn from the Deeds of the Egyptians who worship idols commit yourselves to love one another and not to quarrel and do many acts of kindness Yakov added and said after my passing do not let anyone touch my bed as soon as yako finished blessing the brothers he lifted his feet onto the bed and lay down and his soul passed to another [Music] world ysep wept hugged and kissed his father from the moment our forefather Yakov passed away the blessing that was upon Egypt departed so they mourned him for 70 days the Egyptians who greatly respected ysep helped him embalm his father's body embalming is a special way to preserve the body after death ysf approached the palace and asked par for permission to go and bury his father par tried to persuade him to bury him in Egypt but ysep refused perrow sent with ysep 43,000 chariots and 43,000 Horsemen to accompany the coffin of yakob they went to bury him in the land of Canan when they arrived at the cave of Mella esav heard about it and came out to meet them with many soldiers esav said to them take Yakov away from here the remaining part is mine so they said to esav it's not true you sold the cave to Yakov esav said show me the contract napali who was Swift like a gazelle was sent to Egypt to bring the contract meanwhile hushim the son of dun who was hard of hearing asked why his grandfather's burial is being delayed and by this delay he is being Dishonored they explained to him that esav is the one delaying yakov's burial hushim struck esav hard and killed him this allowed the burial to proceed Yakov was buried in the cave of Mella next to Abraham Sarah yak and rivka the Egyptians also came to honor Yakov when they returned to Egypt the brothers began to worry they said maybe now that our father is not here ysep will want to take revenge on us for what we did to him but ysep reassured them and said don't be afraid I won't harm you what happened was part of hashem's plan to save us ysep continued to live in Egypt for many years and when he felt he was about to die he asked his family when you leave Egypt take my bones with you to the land of Israel ysep passed away the Egyptians threw his coffin into the Nile River how will they fulfill the promise what will happen with the Egyptians we'll tell you in the next episode