Sedra-Stats
7th of 54 sedras; 7th of 12 in B'reishit
Written on 235.3 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 12
Vayeitzei is one single long (closed) Parsha, which fits with the fact that it is a continuation of the To'l'dot story. It is the Torah’s longest closed parsha, and second only to the open parsha that is all of Mikeitz (254.6 lines)
148 p'sukim - rank: 6th (3rd)
2021 words - ranks 4th (3rd)
7512 letters - ranks 5th (3rd)

The 3 longest sedras (in p'sukim) are in Bamidbar; the next 6 are from B'reishit. Counting words and letters, 4 of the top 6 in the Torah are in B'reishit. Specifically, NASO is the longest sedra in all 3 categories. Pinchas, BaMidbar, No'ach, and Vayishlach all have more p'sukim than Vayeitzei, but all have fewer words. On the other hand, Vayeira and Mikeitz have more words than Vayeitzei, but fewer p'sukim.

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