page_title: Toledot
section_title: Genesis chapter 27–28
hierarchical_section_title: Toledot / In inner-biblical interpretation / Genesis chapter 27–28
caption_attribution_description: العربية: 25 change me! الكتاب المقدس التوضيح من الكتاب من الفصل Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Біблійная ілюстрацыя да Кнігі Роду, разьдзел 25 Deutsch: Biblische Darstellung Buch change me! Kapitel 25 Ελληνικά: Βιβλική εικονογράφηση του βιβλίου της change me! Κεφάλαιο 25 English: Biblical illustration of Book of Genesis Chapter 25 Español: Ilustración bíblica de libro del change me!, capítulo 25 Français&#160;: Illustration biblique du livre de la Genèse chapitre 25 עברית: 25 האיור המקראי של change me! פרק हिन्दी: {{{hi}}} अध्याय change me! की पुस्तक की बाइबिल चित्रण Bahasa Indonesia: Ilustrasi Alkitab dari Kitab Kejadian pasal 25 Italiano: Illustrazione biblica del libro della change me! Capitolo 25 日本語: change me!25章の本の聖書の実例 Jawa: Ilustrasi Alkitab saking Kitab Purwaning Dumadi pasal 25 한국어: change me! 25 장 장부의 성경 그림 Bahasa Melayu: Ilustrasi Alkitab dari Kitab Kejadian pasal 25 Nederlands: Bijbelse illustratie van change me! hoofdstuk 25 Português: Ilustração bíblica do Livro de change me!, capítulo 25 Русский: Библейские иллюстрации Книга Бытие Глава 25 中文: 圣经change me!第25章的书籍插图
context_page_description: Tol'dot, Toldos, or Tol'doth is the sixth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. The parashah tells of the conflict between Jacob and Esau, Isaac's passing off his wife Rebekah as his sister, and Isaac's blessing of his sons.
  It constitutes Genesis 25:19–28:9. The parashah is made up of 5,426 Hebrew letters, 1,432 Hebrew words, 106 verses, and 173 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews read it the sixth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in November, or rarely in early December.
context_section_description: In Genesis 27–28, Jacob receives three blessings: (1) by Isaac when Jacob is disguised as Esau in Genesis 27:28–29, (2) by Isaac when Jacob is departing for Haran in Genesis 28:3–4, and (3) by God in Jacob's dream at Bethel in Genesis 28:13–15. Whereas the first blessing is one of material wellbeing and dominance, only the second and third blessings convey fertility and the Land of Israel. The first and the third blessings explicitly designate Jacob as the conveyor of blessing, although arguably the second blessing does that as well by giving Jacob "the blessing of Abraham." (See Genesis 12:2–3.) Only the third blessing vouchsafes God's Presence with Jacob.
caption: Rebecca was going to be the mother of twins! (1984 illustration by Jim Padgett, courtesy of Sweet Publishing)
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