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. 26 verses 1 - 22: There is a famine in the land. Yitzhok moves to Gerar the land of the Philistines. The people are jealous of his success and they ask him to leave. He re-digs the same wells that his father dug but there is contention. He then digs a third well which no one contends with.

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

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.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. 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. 31 verses 1 - 21: Introduction, Moshe tells the people that he would not be taking them into the the land but that it would be Yehoshua. He told them not to fear since Hashem would be with them as with Og and Sichon. He spoke to Yehoshua in front of all the nation and told him to be strong and courageous. He then wrote a sefer Torah and gave it to the Kohanim and the elders. He commanded that the king read from the book of Devarim at the end of every seventh year. Everyone was to attend men, women, and children. Hashem then told Moshe that he was about to die and to bring Yehoshua to the Tent. Hashem told them the sins that the nation would commit in the future.

Chp. 31 verses 22 -30: Finishes off the prophecy of the future sins. So Moshe wrote the song of Ha'azinu on that day and taught it to the people. He commanded Yehoshua to be strong and that Hashem would be with him. He finished writing the words of the Torah. He then commanded the Levites to place the Torah next to the Ark so that it could be a witness against them, because he knew that they would rebel against Hashem. Then Moshe was told to assemble the people to teach them the passages of Ha'azinu, which would again remind them of the consequences of turning against Hashem.

Chp. 29 verse 9 - Chp. 30 verse 1: Introduction, on the day that Moshe was to die, he gathered all the nation together. He confirmed the Covenant not only for them but for all future generations. He again warned them of the consequences they would experience if they did not follow the ways of Hashem. Chp. 30, Moshe begins to tell them what will happen after they have experienced Hahem's blessings and curses.