07 – Parashat Vayetze Ya’aqov ( וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹ֖ב) — “And Ya’aqov Went Out” — Ziv 22nd thru Ziv 28th

May 10th thru May 16th, 2026

07 – Parasha Vayetze Ya’aqov ( וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹ֖ב) — “And Ya’aqov Went Out” — Ziv 22nd thru Ziv 28th

07 – Parsha Vayetze Ya’aqov ( וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹ֖ב) — “And Ya’aqov Went Out”

May 10th thru May 16th, 2026
Torah Portion: Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 28:10 – 32:3
Haftarah: Tehilliym (Psalms) 121:1-8
Brit Ha’dasha: Yochanon (John) 1:43-51

Daily Readings

1^stday (Sunday) – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 28:10-22 – Ya’aqov obediently leaves Be’er Sheva to go to Paddan Aram to take a wife of his mother’s people; He makes camp and dreams of a ladder to heaven; He sees the angels of Elohiym ascending and descending on the ladder; Yahuah stood above the ladder and tells Ya’aqov that He is the Elohai of Avraham and the Elohai of Yitschaq; Yahuah affirms His eternal covenant with Ya’aqov to multiply his seed and to give the land where he is to him and his descendants; Yahuah tells him that He will guard him everywhere he goes, will bring him back to this land and will not leave him until He has done אֶת that which He has spoken to him; Ya’aqov fears Yahuah for he says this place is the house of Elohiym (Beyt-El); Ya’aqov vows a vow that if Elohiym will be with him and guard him so as to allow him to return to Yitschaq’s house in peace, then Yahuah will be his Elohiym, the stone that he set up will be Elohiym’s house and that of all Yahuah gives him that he will give the tenth back to Him.
Tehilliym (Psalms) 121:1-8 – The psalmist says that he will lift up his eyes to where his help comes from and that all of his help comes from Yahuah just as is shown in the Torah portion; Yahuah made heaven and earth and He will always uphold those who are obedient to Him; Yahuah does not slumber nor sleep but He is always guarding His people; Yahuah is our guard and is the shade on our right side as we seek Yahuah early; Nothing during the day or during the night can smite the faithful; Yahuah will guard the obedient souls from all evil when they go in and come out forever.
Yochanon (John) 1:43-51 – Yahusha goes to Galiyl to call His talmidiym; He commands Philip to follow Him; Philip tells Nathan’el that they have found the One Mosheh and the prophets wrote about; Nathan’el goes to meet Yahusha and finds out that Yahusha had just been with him under the tree; Nathan’el is amazed and proclaims Yahusha as the Son of Elohiym; Yahusha tells him that he will see more than what he just witnessed, he will see the angels of Elohiym ascending and descending upon Him, the Son of A’dam (man).

2^ndday (Monday) – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 29:1-35 – Ya’aqov continues his journey and comes into the land of the people of the east; He comes to a well in a field where there are three flocks gathered; He asks the men where are they from and they say Haran (Paddan Aram); They remove the stone from the well and water their flocks and put the stone back; He asks the men about his uncle Lavan and they say he is well and that his daughter Rachel is now coming with his sheep; Rachel, the young woman of between 14 and 16 years of age, was the shepherd of her father’s flock; Ya’aqov rolls the stone away so Rachel can water the flock; Ya’aqov falls in love with Rachel at first sight, kisses her and weeps; Rachel runs to tell he father, Lavan, of his nephew’s arrival; Ya’aqov lodges and helps Lavan for a month; Lavan tells him he will pay him for his work and asks him what he wants for payment; Ya’aqov loves Rachel and tells Lavan he will serve him for seven years for Rachel to be his wife; Lavan agrees and Ya’aqov serves the seven years then tells Lavan to give him his woman so he can marry her; Lavan makes a big feast for the wedding, tricks the trickster Ya’aqov and switches Le’ah for Rachel; Ya’aqov wakes up the next day and realizes he has been tricked; Lavan tells him he will give him Rachel for another seven years of servanthood but he has to complete Le’ah’s marriage feast week first; Lavan gives both of his daughters to Ya’aqov and gives each of his daughter maid servants; Ya’aqov doesn’t love Le’ah and Yahuah opens her womb and she conceives and has Re’uven; She conceives three more times and has Shim’on, Leviy and Yahudah and stops having children.

3^rdday (Tuesday) – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 30:1-24 –Rachel is jealous over Le’ah and the men children she has given Ya’aqov and demands Ya’aqov give her children; Ya’aqov gets angry and tells her that he is not Elohiym; Instead of waiting for Yahuah, Rachel gives Ya’aqov her servant woman Bilhah to marry so she can have children for her; Bilhah gets pregnant and has Dan and Naphtaliy; Le’ah gets jealous and gives her servant woman Zilpah to Ya’aqov to marry and have children for her; Zilpah gets pregnant and has Gad and Asher; Re’uven finds mandrakes (a toxic plant root that was/is believed to be magical producing narcotic/psychedelic effects that some believe to increase fertility); Rachel trades her night with Ya’aqov to Le’ah for her son’s mandrakes; Without the magic mandrakes, Yahuah blesses Le’ah with fertility and she has two more sons, Yisshachar and Zevulun and a daughter Dinah; Elohiym remembers Rachel according to His time and she conceives and has her first son Yoceph.

4^thday (Wednesday) – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 30:25-43 – After Rachel has Yoceph, Ya’aqov tells Lavan to send him away so he can go back home; Ya’aqov demands his women and children that he served Lavan for; Lavan begs Ya’aqov that if he has found favor with him to tell him his wages and continue to work for him because he knows that Yahuah has blessed him because of Ya’aqov; Ya’aqov tells him he will continue to shepherd for him if he will give him the spotted and speckled goats and Lavan agrees; Ya’aqov is obedient to Yahuah and holds rods of wood before the sheep when they mate and they conceive according to what his wages are; Yahuah increases Ya’aqov’s possessions because of his obedience.

5^thday (Thursday) – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 31:1-24 – Ya’aqov hears Lavan’s sons say that he has taken away all of their father’s possessions; Ya’aqov sees that Lavan does not like him anymore; Yahuah commands Ya’aqov to return to his father Yitschaq’s house; Ya’aqov tells Rachel and Le’ah that their father continues to deceive him but Elohiym has protected him from Lavan; Ya’aqov tells them that the Angel of Elohiym to him how to increase his wages because He has seen how Lavan is doing him; The Angel of Elohiym then tells him that He is in fact Elohiym that Ya’aqov vowed the vow to and to leave this land and go to the land of his kindred; Rachel and Le’ah said that Lavan had wasted their inheritance and that they will do whatever Elohiym tells Ya’aqov to do; Ya’aqov then runs away from Lavan without telling him and trusting in Yahuah to deliver him; Lavan hears that Ya’aqov has fled three days later, and pursues Ya’aqov with his brothers for seven days; They catch up with Ya’aqov in Mount Gil’ad; Elohiym comes to Lavan in a dream at night and tells him to neither say good nor bad to Ya’aqov.

6^thday (Friday) – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 31:25 – 32:3 – Lavan catches up with Ya’aqov and pitches his tent in Mount Gil’ad with him; Lavan asks Ya’aqov why he has done this foolish thing of leaving him in secret without letting him say goodbye to his daughters and grandchildren; Lavan tells him that according to the law he has the right to punish him but the Elohiym of his father had warned him to not speak neither good nor bad to Ya’aqov; Lavan tells him he knows he wants to be back home but why did he steal his teraphiym elohiym; Ya’aqov tells him that he did no such thing and that he can search everyone and if it is found that man will be put to death; Rachel had taken the teraphiym and she hid them under her seat when Lavan searched her tent; Lavan doesn’t find the teraphiym elohiym and Ya’aqov is angry with him for accusing him of such a crime; Ya’aqov then recounts his years of service and how he has never cheated Lavan one time in all of their dealings but how Lavan has constantly deceived him and that if it wasn’t for Elohiym appearing to him the night before he would have taken everything back and sent him home empty; Lavan then admits to Ya’aqov that all he has was his and he would have taken it from him but now he wants to make a covenant of peace between them; Ya’aqov agrees and they make a marker of stones and feast to seal the covenant between them; Ya’aqov sacrificed to Elohiym upon the mount and they ate bread that night; Lavan said goodbye to his daughters and grandchildren and left the next morning; Ya’aqov continued on his way and the angels of elohiym met him; Ya’aqov calls them the armed host of Elohiym; Ya’aqov sends messengers before him to his brother Esau.

Main Themes & Commandments

Obedience to Yahuah Leads to a More Personal Relationship

Yahuah commanded Ya’aqov to leave and he went out as he was commanded. Yahuah guards Ya’aqov’s soul because of his obedience to all of Yahuah’s commandments:
Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 28:10 – “And Ya’aqov went out from Be’er Sheva, and went toward Haran.”
Tehilliym (Psalms) 121:4-5 – “Behold, He that guards Yashar’el shall neither slumber nor sleep. Yahuah is thy guard: Yahuah is thy shade upon thy right side.”
Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 28:12-13 & 15 – “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of Elohiym ascending and descending on it. And, behold, Yahuah stood above it, and said, I am Yahuah Elohai of Avraham thy father, and the Elohai of Yitschaq: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 15. And, behold, I am with thee, and will guard thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done אֶת that which I have spoken to thee of.”
Yochanon (John) 1:45, 47-48 & 51 – “Philip findeth Nathan’el, and saith unto him, We have found Him, of whom Mosheh in the Law, and the prophets, did write, Yahusha of Natsareth, the son of Yoceph. 47-48. Yahusha saw Nathan’el coming to Him, and saith of him, Behold an Yashar’e’liy indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathan’el saith unto Him, Whence knowest thou me? Yahusha answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 51. And He saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of Elohiym ascending and descending upon the Son of A’dam.”
**Obedience to Yahuah allow us to have a more personal relationship with Yahusha Ha’Mashiach which in turn leads us to having a deeper and more personal relationship with Father Yahuah. When Yahuah tells us to go out, to come in or to move in some other way, we are to obedient even if we are uncomfortable with it. Putting our complete trust and faith in Yahuah to guide us is one of the main ways we grow our relationship with Him.

Trickery to Others brings Trickery and Deceit to Us

Because of Ya’aqov’s trickery and deceit to con his brother Esau and his father Yitschaq, the same is returned to him.
Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 29:23 & 25 – “And it came to pass in the evening, that he took אֶת Le’ah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 25. And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Le’ah: and he said to Lavan, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?”
Mishlei (Proverbs) 6:30-31- “Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.”
Galatiym (Galatians) 6:7-8 – “Be not deceived; Elohiym is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Ruach shall of the Ruach reap life everlasting.”
Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 31:7 – “And your father hath deceived me, and changed אֶת my wages ten times; but Elohiym suffered him not to hurt me.”
**When we try to do things our way instead of waiting on Yahuah’s timing and perfect plan, we are acting in disobedience and will have to reap what we sow. Just as Ya’aqov sowed trickery, that same trickery came back to him in his dealing with his wives, children and Lavan.

Hebrew Link Words

Vayetze (way·yê·ṣê) וַיֵּצֵ֥א — “And Went Out” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 3318 [e ]
The Hebrew word וַיֵּצֵ֥א (Vayetze) “And Went Out“ is part of the title of the seventh portion of Yahuah’s year “And Ya’aqov Went Out” and comes form the primitive root יָצָא (yatsa) which means to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. — X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
**Ya’aqov went out according to the commandment of Yahuah that He had given Avraham and Yitschaq that their sons were not to marry to inhabitants of the land in which they sojourned.
Are you being obedient to Yahuah when he tells you yatsa or are you holding on to where you are comfortable at and not striving to grow in Yahuah’s Word?

Re’uven (rə·’ū·ḇên) רְאוּבֵ֑ן — “Re’uven” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 7205 [e]
The Hebrew word רְאוּבֵ֑ן (Re’uven) “Re’uven or Reuben” is [from the imperative of SHW 7200 (רָאָה – see) and H1121 (בֵּן – sons)] and means see ye a son. Re’uven, the firstborn son of Ya’aqov by Le’ah.
**Re’uven is the beginning of Ya’qov’s strength.
“And Le’ah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Re’uven: for she said, Surely Yahuah hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.”

Leviy (lê·wî) לֵוִֽי — “Leviy” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 3878 [e]
The Hebrew word לֵוִֽי (Leviy) “Leviy“ is from SHW 3867 (לָוָה – To join) attached; Leviy, a son of Ya’aqov — Levi. See also Leviy, Leviyiy.
**Leviy is the third son of Ya’aqov and the third son by Le’ah.
“And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Leviy.”

Yahudah (yə·hū·ḏāh) יַעֲקֹ֑ב — “Ya’aqov” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 3063 [e]
The Hebrew word יְהוּדָ֑ה (Yahudah) “Yahudah“ is from SHW 3034 (יָדָה – give thanks); celebrated; Yehudah (or Yudah), the name of five Yashar’e’liym; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory — Yahudah.
**Yahudah is the fourth son of Ya’aqov and the fourth son by Le’ah.
“And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise אֶת Yahuah: therefore she called his name Yahudah; and left bearing.”

Dan (dān) דָּֽן — “Dan” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 1835 [e]
The Hebrew word דָּֽן (Dan) “Dan” is from SHW 1777 (דִּין דּוּן – judge) judge; Dan, one of the sons of Ya’aqov; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Pelehsheth (Palestine) colonized by them — Dan.
**Dan is the fifth son of Ya’aqov and the first son of Rachel by her servant woman Bilhah.
“And Rachel said, Elohiym hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.”

Naphtaliy (nap̄·tā·lî.) נַפְתָּלִֽי — “Naphtaliy” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 5321 [e]
The Hebrew word נַפְתָּלִֽי (Naphtaliy) “Naphtaliy“ is from SHW 6617 (פָּתַל – show yourself astute); my wrestling; Naphtaliy, a son of Ya’aqov, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory — Naphtali.
**Naphtaliy is the sixth son of Ya’aqov and the second son of Rachel by her servant woman Bilhah.
“And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtaliy.”

Gad (gāḏ) גָּֽד — “Gad” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 1410 [e]
The Hebrew word גָּֽד (Gad) “Gad” is from H1464 (גּוּד – raid); Gad, a son of Ya’aqov, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet — Gad.
**Gad is the seventh son of Ya’aqov and the fifth son of Le’ah by her servant woman Zilpah with Gad being her first son.
“And Le’ah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name אֶת Gad.”

Asher (’ā·šêr) אָשֵֽׁר — ““Asher — Strong’s Hebrew Word 836 [e]
The Hebrew word אָשֵֽׁר (Asher) “Asher” is from SHW 833 (אָשַׁר אָשֵׁר – guide), happy; Asher, a son of Ya’aqov, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Pelehsheth — Asher
**Asher is the eighth son of Ya’aqov and the sixth son of Le’ah by her servant woman Zilpah with Asher being her second son.
“And Le’ah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called אֶת his name Asher.”

Yisshachar (yiś·śā·š·ḵār) יִשָּׂשכָֽר — “Yisshachar” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 3485 [e]
The Hebrew word יִשָּׂשכָֽר (Yisshachar) “Issachar” is from SHW 5375 (נָשָׂא נָסָה – lifted) and SHW 7939 (שָׂכָר – wages) he will bring a reward; Yissaskar, a son of Ya’aqov — Issachar.
**Yisshachar is the ninth son of Ya’aqov and the seventh son of Le’ah being the fifth son she bare for Ya’aqov herself.
“And Le’ah said, Elohiym hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Yisshachar.”

Zevulun (zə·vu·lūn) זְבֻלֽוּן — “Zevulun” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 2074 [e]
The Hebrew word זְבֻלֽוּן (Zevulun) “Zebulun” is from SHW 2082 (זָבַל – dwell) habitation; Zevulun, a son of Ya’aqov; also his territory and tribe — Zebulun.
**Zevulun is the tenth son of Ya’aqov and the eighth son of Le’ah being the sixth son she bare for Ya’aqov herself.
“And Le’ah said, Elohiym hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called אֶת his name Zevulun.”

Yoceph (yō·w·sêp̄) יוֹסֵ֖ף — “Yoceph” — Strong’s Hebrew Word 3130 [e]
The Hebrew word עֵשָֽׂו (Yoceph) “Yoceph” is the future of H3254 (יָסַף – again); let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Yoseph, the name of seven Israelites — Joseph. Compare Yhowceph.
**Yoceph is the eleventh son of Ya’aqov and the third son of Rachel being the first son she bare for Ya’aqov herself.
“And Elohiym remembered אֶת Rachel, and Elohiym hearkened to her, and opened אֶת her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, Elohiym hath taken away אֶת my reproach: And she called אֶת his name Yoceph; and said, Yahuah shall add to me another son.”

Yahusha Ha’Mashiach in the Torah Portion

Yahusha Ha’Mashiach is Yahuah standing above the ladder in Ya’aqov’s dream.
He is the Ladder that the angels of Elohiym are ascending and descending upon.
Mashiach Yahusha is Yahuah Elohai of Avraham the father of the faith and the Elohai of Yitschaq.
He is the One that was with Ya’aqov throughout his journeys and sojourns.
Yahusha is the One who opened the wombs for all of Ya’aqov’s sons and his daughter.
He was אֶת who guarded and blessed Ya’aqov through the portion.
Yahusha Ha’Mashiach is the Angel Elohiym that appeared to spake to Ya’aqov in his dream.
He is the One that saw אֶת all that Lavan did to Ya’aqov.
Mashiach Yahusha is the Elohiym of Beyt-El that Ya’aqov made the vow to.
He is the Elohiym that appeared to Lavan and warned him to not speak good nor bad to Ya’aqov.
Yahusha is the Captain of the host of Elohiym.

Reflection & Self-Study Questions

Yahuah identifies Himself to Ya’aqov as Yahuah Elohai of Avraham and the Elohai of Yitschaq. Do you identify Yahuah by the title of the Elohiym of Avraham, the Elohiym of Yitschaq, and the Elohiym of Ya’aqov when you go before His throne of grace, mercy and love when you pray?
The love story of Ya’aqov and Rachel is one the most talked about in the scriptures. Did you know that Ya’aqov was 77 or 78 years old when he first met Rachel? Did you know that most scholars place Rachel’s age at 14 to 16 years old at the time when they met and Ya’aqov said he would work for Lavan seven years?
What do you think of the age difference in Ya’aqov and Rachel? What do you think of the fact that they were first cousins?
How would these “taboos” be looked upon in today’s society? How would they be looked upon by the “church” of today?
What are your thoughts on how Lavan tricked Ya’aqov to make him serve him another seven years?
What do you think of how the Le’ah and Rachel competed against each other for Ya’aqov’s attention?
Why did Rachel’s use of the “magical” mandrakes backfire and Yahuah opened up Le’ah’s womb again?
Why do you think Yahuah Elohiym caused it to be that Ya’aqov ended up with blessings above Lavan’s?
Why did Rachel steal the teraphiym of Lavan?
Do you believe that there are angels of Elohiym that are around you and doing work for Yahuah?

07 – Parashat Vayetze Ya’aqov ( וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹ֖ב) — “And Ya’aqov Went Out” — Ziv 22nd thru Ziv 28th — (05/16/2026)