Parashat Vayigash

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Yehuda approached Yosef asking to please speak and that his words should enter<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18">Rashi Berashis 44:18</ref> into his ears. Despite his harsh words,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/> Yehuda asked Yosef not to get angry at him for he is important to him like king Pharaoh.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/> By comparing Yosef to Pharaoh, Yehuda was also threatening Yosef that if he would continue to detain Binyamin he would be afflicted with Leprosy, just like the original Pharaoh had been punished because of his great grandmother Sara for the one night he detained her.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/> He was also comparing Yosef to Pharaoh who  issues decrees and does not carry them out, makes promises and does not fulfill them, so too Yosef said he just wanted to 'set his eye' on Binyomin and now wanted to detain him as a servant.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/>  Yehuda was also threatening that if Yosef was to provoke him, he would kill him and his master Pharaoh.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/>  
 
Yehuda approached Yosef asking to please speak and that his words should enter<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18">Rashi Berashis 44:18</ref> into his ears. Despite his harsh words,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/> Yehuda asked Yosef not to get angry at him for he is important to him like king Pharaoh.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/> By comparing Yosef to Pharaoh, Yehuda was also threatening Yosef that if he would continue to detain Binyamin he would be afflicted with Leprosy, just like the original Pharaoh had been punished because of his great grandmother Sara for the one night he detained her.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/> He was also comparing Yosef to Pharaoh who  issues decrees and does not carry them out, makes promises and does not fulfill them, so too Yosef said he just wanted to 'set his eye' on Binyomin and now wanted to detain him as a servant.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/>  Yehuda was also threatening that if Yosef was to provoke him, he would kill him and his master Pharaoh.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:18"/>  
  
Yehuda reminded Yosef how he had asked them if they had a father or brother. To which the Brothers had responded that they had an elderly father and a young brother who was loved by their father and whose older brother has died, leaving him as a single remaining child from his mother. Yosef had the requested them to bring him so he can set his eyes upon him. To this they had replied that the boy can not come out of fear of his father dying. Yosef had then warned them not to return without their younger brother.
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Yehuda reminded Yosef how he had asked them if they had a father or brother. As they were not looking to marry his daughter and since he was not looking to marry their sister, all these question were unneeded an proof that from the start Yosef was looking to accuse them.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:19">Rashi Berashis 44:19</ref> Despite this the Brothers had not concealed from Yosef anything<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:19"/> and responded that they had an elderly father with a young child of his old age who was loved by their father and whose older brother has died, leaving him as a single remaining child from his mother with no other brothers.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:20"/> Although Yehuda knew that the other brother (Yosef) was still alive, out of fear that Yosef would command them to bring him as well, he made a false statement that he had died.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 44:20">Rashi Berashis 44:20</ref>
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Yosef had the requested them to bring him so he can set his eyes upon him. To this they had replied that the boy can not come out of fear of his father dying. Yosef had then warned them not to return without their younger brother.
  
 
When they told their father that they can not return and get more food without Binyomin, he responded that he alone survived from Rachel's children since Yosef had disappeared and was surely been torn to pieces. If they were to take Binyomin and  misfortune befalls him they will bring his old age into misery in his grave. Yehuda then asked how he can proceed to return to Yackov without Binyomin since their souls are connected he will die.
 
When they told their father that they can not return and get more food without Binyomin, he responded that he alone survived from Rachel's children since Yosef had disappeared and was surely been torn to pieces. If they were to take Binyomin and  misfortune befalls him they will bring his old age into misery in his grave. Yehuda then asked how he can proceed to return to Yackov without Binyomin since their souls are connected he will die.

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Parashat Vayigash

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Confrontation

Yehuda approached Yosef asking to please speak and that his words should enter[1] into his ears. Despite his harsh words,[1] Yehuda asked Yosef not to get angry at him for he is important to him like king Pharaoh.[1] By comparing Yosef to Pharaoh, Yehuda was also threatening Yosef that if he would continue to detain Binyamin he would be afflicted with Leprosy, just like the original Pharaoh had been punished because of his great grandmother Sara for the one night he detained her.[1] He was also comparing Yosef to Pharaoh who issues decrees and does not carry them out, makes promises and does not fulfill them, so too Yosef said he just wanted to 'set his eye' on Binyomin and now wanted to detain him as a servant.[1] Yehuda was also threatening that if Yosef was to provoke him, he would kill him and his master Pharaoh.[1]

Yehuda reminded Yosef how he had asked them if they had a father or brother. As they were not looking to marry his daughter and since he was not looking to marry their sister, all these question were unneeded an proof that from the start Yosef was looking to accuse them.[2] Despite this the Brothers had not concealed from Yosef anything[2] and responded that they had an elderly father with a young child of his old age who was loved by their father and whose older brother has died, leaving him as a single remaining child from his mother with no other brothers.[3] Although Yehuda knew that the other brother (Yosef) was still alive, out of fear that Yosef would command them to bring him as well, he made a false statement that he had died.[3]

Yosef had the requested them to bring him so he can set his eyes upon him. To this they had replied that the boy can not come out of fear of his father dying. Yosef had then warned them not to return without their younger brother.

When they told their father that they can not return and get more food without Binyomin, he responded that he alone survived from Rachel's children since Yosef had disappeared and was surely been torn to pieces. If they were to take Binyomin and misfortune befalls him they will bring his old age into misery in his grave. Yehuda then asked how he can proceed to return to Yackov without Binyomin since their souls are connected he will die.

Yehuda then explained that he personally had assumed responsibility for Binyomin and would be a sinner forever is he did not return him. He then offed to take the place of Binyomin and be a slave in his place so he could return with the Brothers since he could not return and see the misery that would befall Yackov.

Revelation

Yosef could not bear the Egyptians surrounding him witness his revelation to his brothers and called out asking them to step out of the room. He wept out loud and was heard by the Egyptian and the house of Pharaoh. Then he revealed to his brothers that he was Yosef and asked if Yackov was still alive. The brothers could not answer him because they were startled by his presence. Yosef asked his brothers to step closer and repeated that he was their brother Yosef whom they sold into Egypt. He then told them not to be sad or troubled due to the sale, since Hashem had sent him there to preserve their life since two years had already passed from the famine and there were five more to go where there would be neither plowing nor harvest. Hashem had therefore sent him before them make for them remnant in the land and to preserve it for a great deliverance. They had not sent him to Egypt but rather Hashem who made him a father to Pharaod, a lord over all his household and a ruler over the entire land.

Sending for Yaackov

Yosef instructed the Brother to go and get Yacckov and tell him that Hashem had made him a a lord over all the Egyptians and he should not delay. Let him come and dwell in the land of Goshen, where he can be near him. Yackov should relocate with all his children, grandchildren, flocks, cattle and possessions. Yosef will then sustain them since there are still five years of famine, lest they become impoverished.

Yosef then pointed out that both the Brothers and Binyomin saw how it his mouth speaking to them. They should tell Yaakov of all his honor in Egypt and all they had seen. They should hasten and bring Yackov down to Egypt.

Embracing the Brothers

Yosef fell on his brother Binyomin's neck and wept, Binyamin wept on his neck. He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, afterwards his brothers spoke with him.

Instruction of Pharaoh

The voice was heard in Pharaoh's house that Yosef's brothers had arrived. It pleased Pharaoh and his servants. Pharaoh told Yosef to instruct his brother to load their donkeys and return to the land of Canaan. They should take their father and households and come back and he will give them the best of Egypt so they can eat the fat of the land. Yosef is to command them to take wagons and bring their young children and wives as well as their father. They should not be concerned about their utensils for the best of all the land of Egypt is theirs.

Return

Yosef gave them wagons by Pharaoh's orders and provisions for the way. He gave them each several pairs of clothes. To Binyamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five pairs of clothes. For Yackov he sent ten male donkeys carrying from the best of Egypt and ten she donkeys carrying grain, bread and other food, for his father's trip. Yosef instructed his brother not to quarrel on the way.

The Brothers went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Yackov. They told him Yosef was still alive and he ruled over the entire land of Egypt. Yackov's heart changed, for he did not believe them. When they told him all of Yosef's words and he saw the wagons that he had sent, the spirit of their Yaackov was revived. Now that Yosef was alive he would go see him before he died.

Stop at Beer Sheva

Yackov and his family set out and came to Beer Sheva where he slaughtered sacrifices to the G-d of his father Yitzchak. Hashem to Yackov in visions of the night, calling him 'Yaakov, Yaakov' and telling them that He is G-D the G-D of his father. Yakov should not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for there He will make him into a great nation.

The Promise

Hashem promised to go down with him to Egypt and also bring him up. Yosef would place his hand on his eyes.

Descent

The Brothers carried Yaakov, their wives and young children in the that Pahraoh had given them. Yackov and all his descendants took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan and came to Egypt.

The 70 Souls

These are the names of the children of Yisroel who came to Egypt, numbering 66 and along with the family of Yosef totaling 70. The wives of the Tribes were not counted.

Sons of Leah (totaling 33)

  • 1 - Reuvain, Yackov's firstborn
    • 2 - Chanoch
    • 3 - Pallu
    • 4 - Chezron
    • 5 - Carmi
  • 6 - Shimon
    • 7 -Yemuel
    • 8 - Yamin
    • 9 - Ohad
    • 10 - Yachin
    • 11 - Zohar
    • 12 - Shaul the son of the Canaanitess.
  • 13 - Levi
    • 14 - Gershon
    • 15 - Kehas
    • 16 - Merari
  • 17 - Yehuda (Er and Onan had already died in the land of Canaan)
    • 18 - Shelah
    • 19 - Perez
      • 20 - Chezron
      • 21 - Chamul
    • 22 - Zerah
  • 23 - Yisaschar
    • 24 - Tola
    • 25 - Puvvah
    • 26 - Yob
    • 27 - Shimron
  • 28 - Zevulun
    • 29 - Sered
    • 30 - Elon
    • 31 Yachleel
  • 32 - Dena, his daughter

Sons of Zilpah (totaling 16)

  • 33 - Gad
    • 34 - Ziphion
    • 35 - Chaggi
    • 36 - Shuni
    • 37 - Ezbon
    • 38 - Eri
    • 39 - Arodi
    • 40 - Areli
  • 41 - Asher
    • 42 - Yimnah
    • 43 - Yishvah
    • 44 - Yishvi
    • 45 - Briah
      • 46 - Chever
      • 47 - Malkiel
    • 48 - Serach, their sister

Sons of Rochel (totaling 14)

  • 49 - Yosef who married Asnat the adopted daughter of Potiphera, the governor of On
    • 50 - Manasheh
    • 51 - Ephraim
  • 52 - Binyamin
    • 53 - Bela
    • 54 - Becher
    • 55 - Ashbel
    • 56 - Gera
    • 57 - Na'aman
    • 58 - Echi
    • 59 - Rosh
    • 60 - Muppim
    • 61 - Chuppim
    • 62 - Ard

Sons of Bilhah (totaling 7)

  • 63 - Dun
    • 64 - Chushim
  • 65 - Naftali
    • 66 - Yachtziel
    • 67 - Guni
    • 68 - Yetzer
    • 69 - Shillem

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Rashi Berashis 44:18
  2. ^ a b Rashi Berashis 44:19
  3. ^ a b Rashi Berashis 44:20


 
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