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Zakhor
The Bible · 11/54

Vayigash

Recognition, Jacob's descent, settlement in Goshen.

Hebrew name
וַיִּגַּשׁ
Book
Genesis
Verses
Gn 44,18–47,27
Haftara
Ez 37,15–28

« I am Joseph, your brother »: mutual recognition is the heart of this section, and the text takes care to name the seventy people who go down to Egypt. A nominative list, once again: what the Bible does when a group changes worlds is count and name. The emigration registers that zakhor.ai gathers today unknowingly extend this gesture.

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