Chp 25 verse 25 - end of chp 25: Continues with the birth of Yaakov, a description of who the brothers were, and that Yitzhok loved Esau and Rivkah loved Yaakov. Esau sells his birthright to Yaakov for a bowl of lentils.

Chp 26 verse 1 - chp 27 verse 5: There is a famine in the land and Yitzhok moves his family to Gerar. Hashem blesses him with the blessing that He had given to Avraham. He tells Rivkah to say that she is his sister. He is very successful and re-opens the wells that his father dug. Avimelech visits and makes a treaty with him. Esau gets married. Chapter 27 begins with Yitzhok telling Esau that he wants to bless him before he dies.

Chp 27 verse 6 - chp 27 verse40: Rivkah tells Yaakov to dress as Esau and take his blessing, he is reluctant but she insists. Yitzhok, though not certain about his identity blesses Yaakov anyway with Esaus' blessing. Esau returns from the field and is distraught when he realizes that Yaakov took his blessing. Yaakov does manage to give Esau a blessing as well.

Chp 27 verse 40 until the end of sedra. Esau hates Yaakov for taking his blessing and plans to kill him. Knowing this, Rivkah sends Yaakov to her brother Lavan. Chapter 28 begins with Yitzhok blessing Yaakov with Avraham's blessing and telling him to marry a daughter from the children of Lavan. Esau takes another wife from the daughters of Yishmael. Last 18 minutes of lecture chp 28 verses 10-11 begin sedra of Vayeitzei: Vayeitzei begins with an introduction and Yaakov leaving Beer-sheva and coming to the place of the temple.

Chp.24 verse 23 - chp. 25 verse 5: Rivkah takes Eliezer to her father's house, and we meet her brother Lavan. Eliezer retells the story of how he met Rivkah to her family and the family agrees to allow her to go with him to marry Yitzhok. Yitzhok goes out to the field to pray and she sees him. Chp. 25 begins with Avraham taking Keturah as a wife, and the names of the children she bore for him are recounted.

Chp. 24 verse 1 - chp. 24 verse 23: Avraham is now old and he sends his trusted servant Eliezer to find a wife for Yitzhok from his family in Aram Naharaim. He finds Rivkah at the well and she gives him and his camels water to drink.

Chp. 25 verse 6 until end: Avraham gives his sons from Keturah gifts and he sends them to the east. He dies and is buried by Yitzhok and Yishmael. The Torah then lists the children of Yishmael and then recounts his death.

Chp. 23 - chp. 24 verse 1: The death and burial of Sarah. Avraham purchases the cave of the Machpela from Efrom.

Avraham continues his passionate plea for the people of sodom. The angels come to sodom and lot invites them to come to his house and offers them food and lodging. The people of sodom surround the house and demand that lot give them his guests. Angels tell lot of their mission to destoy the city and tell him to take his family and possessions and they will escort him out of the city before they destoy it. They are told not to look back at the destruction but lot's wife does and is turned into a pillar of salt. We begin the story of lot and his two daughters.

continues with avraham's hospitality for his three guests. They bless him that sawra should bear a son in one years time, she laughs. Two of the angels go on to sodom to destroy it and to save lot. Hashem informs Avraham of His plans to destroy sodom and avraham begins his plea to save the cities.