ראשוןRishon
Judah approaches Joseph and pleads for Benjamin to return to their father Jacob. He explains Jacob’s deep love for Benjamin and the pain his father would suffer if Benjamin remained in Egypt.
שניSheni
Judah offers to remain as a slave instead of Benjamin because he had personally guaranteed his safe return. Joseph then reveals his identity to his brothers and explains that G-d sent him to Egypt to preserve their lives during the famine.
שלישיShlishi
Joseph tells his brothers to bring Jacob and their families to Egypt, where he will provide for them during the famine. Pharaoh hears that Joseph’s brothers have come and tells him to bring their father and their households down as well.
רביעיRevi'i
Pharaoh provides wagons, and Joseph sends his brothers off with provisions and gifts. They return to Canaan and tell Jacob that Joseph is alive and rules Egypt, and Jacob’s spirit revives when he sees the wagons.
חמישיChamishi
Jacob and his family leave Canaan for Egypt and stop at Beersheba, where G-d tells him not to fear going to Egypt and promises to make his family into a great nation there. The Torah then lists the seventy members of Jacob’s family who went down, including his sons, grandchildren, and other descendants.
שישיShishi
Jacob’s family settles in Goshen, and Joseph prepares his brothers to meet Pharaoh. They explain that they are shepherds, and Pharaoh allows them to live in Goshen; Jacob then appears before Pharaoh and blesses him.
שביעיShvi'i
Joseph sells food to the Egyptians throughout the famine, eventually receiving their money, livestock, land, and labor in exchange for provisions. Meanwhile, Jacob’s family settles in Goshen, where they become numerous and prosperous.