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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