**Yaakov** lived in the land of Egypt 17 years [(which is Year 2255)]. When he fell ill, he sent for Yosef, and Yosef came from Egypt, and Yaakov blessed them all, etc. He said to Yehudah, "I know that you are a hero among your brothers, and you shall be king over them, and your sons shall reign over their sons forever. But why do your sons need bows and all implements of war, in order that they shall fight...

**Amram** [(according to our Sages)] saw Yaakov, so he was born at least before Year 2255 [(see Year 2261)] and lived 137 years, so he died before Year 2392.

**Yaakov** died in Year 2255, 17 years after his descent to Egypt, 56 years into Yosef's life, and 60 years into Levi's [(in Seder HaDorot, chapter 11 and section 14, section 2, it is written 54 years into Levi. This is because Levi was 43 years old at their descent to Egypt (see Year 2195) and 17 years in Egypt equals 60)].

**His sons arose** and tore their garments and put sackcloth on their loins and threw dust on their heads. Even Osnat wife of Yosef dressed in sackcloth, and all the women of Egypt and all of Egypt wept for many days, etc. Pharaoh commanded and proclaimed throughout Egypt: All who do not go up with Yosef and his brothers to the land of Canaan to bury...

**And the inhabitants** [of the land, the Canaanites, saw - in this chapter it is revealed 8 times, for Yaakov was buried on the second day of Sukkot, and they were hidden until after the holidays (Tziuni and Vayechi)].

**The burial of** the patriarchs in the Zohar, Shelach 58b, in 2 rows:

Adam, Chavah, Sarah, Avraham

Yitzchak, Rivkah, Leah, Yaakov

And in Sefer Shlomo HaMelech it is found in another way.

Adam, Chavah, Sarah, Avraham

Rivkah, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Leah

**And it came to pass** afterwards that the sons of Esav arrayed battle against the sons of Yaakov, and the battle was fierce. From the sons of Esav, 80 men fell, and from the sons of Yaakov not one died. The hand of Yosef prevailed, and they captured Tzafo son of Eliphaz son of Esav and 50 of his men. They bound them all in iron chains and gave them into the hands of his servants to bring them to Egypt, and they...