Aliya Summary: Jacob and his entire family left Canaan and headed to
Egypt. En route they stopped in Be'er Sheva, where G‑d told Jacob not to
fear going to Egypt, for it is there that he will be made into a great
nation. Furthermore G‑d told him: "I will go down with you to Egypt, and
I will also bring you up."
On his way to see Yosef,
Yaakov stops to offer sacrifices to "the G-d of his father Yitzchak".
It's a strange reference to Yitzchak, but an important connection.
Yaakov must have realized the connection between the deceit he
perpetuated against his father to receive Esav's blessings, and the
deceit of Yosef's apparent death. Although completely justified, Yaakov
was punished for causing his father such pain, and this offering might
have been his repentance. Yaakov listened to his mother by deceiving his
father, did the right thing for the future of the Jewish people, and
yet he had to repent. How much more so should we repent when we do
something we shouldn't...
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