Chp. 7 verses 1 - 23; Hashem tells Moshe that Aaron would be his interpreter. Also that He would harden Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to them, so that Egypt would know that it was G-d who would take the Jews out of Egypt. Aaron performs wonders before Pharaoh, but his magicians duplicate his acts. Moshe then warns Pharaoh and brings the first plague of blood. The magicians duplicate the feat, Pharaoh refuses to let the Jews go sacrifice to their G-d.

Chp. 9 verses 1 - 35: Moshe warns Pharaoh and then brings on the fifth plague of pestilence. Again Pharaoh agrees to release the Jews but reneges. Without warning Moshe brings on the sixth plague of boils. Again Pharaoh gives in only to renege. Moshe then warns Pharaoh and brings the seventh plague of Hail. Pharaoh assures Moshe that he will release the people so Moshe goes outside the city to pray to Hashem that the plague should end. When it does, Pharaoh reneges again.

Chp. 10 verse 8 - chp. 11 verse 31: Hashem speaks to Aaron about prohibition of priest drinking wine before performing service. Continues with the sacrifices of the day and also those laws that would apply for the future. Moshe was angry with them because of an error that he thought they had made, but Aaron told him that they had not erred and he agreed. Chp. 11, deals with the laws of kosher animals, fish, and birds. Ends with the eight creepy things that cause defilement by touching them.

Chp. 8 verse 7 - chp. 10 verse 7: Continues with the sacrifices that were brought by Aaron and his sons on the eighth day of dedication. Then they blessed the people and a heavenly fire came and consumed all the sacrifices on the alter Chp. 10 tells us about Nadav and Abihu two sons of Aaron who bring a strange fire into the Holy of Holies and are killed by fire. Their bodies are removed and Aaron and his other two sons are commanded by Moshe not to mourn nor to leave the Mishkan.

Chp. 11 verses 32 - 47: Continues with the laws of creepy things. Then the laws of earthenware vessels. Liquids that prepare things to become unclean. Mikvah, the defilement of produce. The laws of a dead carcass. The prohibition of eating insects. The command to sanctify ourselves so that we can be G-dly.

Chp. 47 verse 28 - chp. 48 verse 7: Yaakov lives in Egypt for seventeen years. When he is close to death he calls Yosef, and asks him to swear that he will bury him in the land of Canaan, and Yosef swears. Chp. 48, Yosef is told that his father is on his deathbed and so he takes his two sons with him to receive their last blessing from Yaakov.

Chp. 49 verse 27 - Chp. 50 verse 20: Concludes with the blessings to Binyamin and the command to bury him in the Machpelah, and then he dies. Chp. 50, deals with the embalming of Yaakov's body and Yosef and his brothers taking their father to Canaan with a military escort. All the kings come out to show their respect and he is buried. They return to Egypt, the brothers perceive a change in Yosefs' attitude towards them, but he denies it and assures them that he will continue to support them and their families.

Chp. 49 verses 15 - 26: Continues with the blessings of Yisaachor, Dan, Gad, Ashur, Naftali, and Yosef.

Chp. 49 verses 1 - 15: Yaakov gathers his sons around his deathbed before he dies. He tries to tell them when the Messiah will come but the "Schechinah" (Divinity of G-d) leaves him. He begins to Bless his sons starting with the eldest Ruevain, then Shimon and Levi. Next Yehudah, Zevulun and Yisaaachor.

Chp. 48 verse 7 until end of chp: Yaakov blesses his two grandsons. There is some confusion about the order. Gives them the blessing that is still used today to bless our sons. Yaakov gives Yosef Schechem as an inheritance over and above that which the other brothers' would inherit.