Parshat Vayera – The stories in the text

For the full text, go to Parsha Vayera on Sefaria

As seen in the previous post, there are many stories on this week’s Parsha. I have created smaller maps to explore and visualize them.

I have individual maps for each of the sub-stories that will be shared in a later post

Sarah

Vayera Parsha Map, - Story of Sarah
Vayera Parsha Map, – Story of Sarah

There are three sub-stories on this map:

Story of the Three Men / Sarah Laughs
Story of the Three Men / Sarah Laughs
Sarah and Isaac
Sarah and Isaac
Story of Hagar
Story of Hagar

Sodom and Gomorra

Vayera Parsha Map, - Story of Sodom, Gomorra and Lot
Vayera Parsha Map, – Story of Sodom, Gomorra and Lot

In this map there are 2 sub-stories:

Story of Sodom and Gomorra
Story of Sodom and Gomorra
Story of Lot's Daughters
Story of Lot’s Daughters

Abimelech

Vayera Parsha Map, - Story of Abimelech
Vayera Parsha Map, – Story of Abimelech


This story is divided in the text (with the story of Hagar in between them)

Story of Abimelech part 1
Story of Abimelech part 1
Story of Abimelech part 2
Story of Abimelech part 2

The Akedah

Vayera Parsha Map, - Story of the Akedah
Vayera Parsha Map, – Story of the Akedah

This is one of the more difficult stories to read, to understand. It is one of those examples of “not for kids” that I want to explore in a future post

The lineage of Rebecca

Vayera Parsha Map, - The lineage of Rebecca
Vayera Parsha Map, – The lineage of Rebecca

Here we revisit Abraham’s family, his brother Nahor, his wife, his concubine and their descendants, that will take us to the next matriarch in the text: Rebecca