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==Pharaoh's Dream== | ==Pharaoh's Dream== | ||
− | Two years following | + | Two years following the incident of the Royal Baker and Cupbearer, Pharaoh had two dreams. In the first he witnessed seven fat cows emerge from the Nile river who were soon devoured by seven skinny cows that followed them. In a consecutive dream Pharaoh saw seven thin ears of grain swallow seven healthy ones. All his sages and sorcerers could not provide an acceptable interpretation. |
===First Dream=== | ===First Dream=== | ||
− | In his first dream Pharaoh was standing by the Nile river | + | In his first dream Pharaoh was standing by the Nile river and saw seven handsome, plump cows emerging from the water. They continued to pasture in the surrounding marshland of reed grass.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 41:2"/> Pharaoh then witnessed seven ugly, thin cows emerging after them from the Nile. They stood beside the seven fat cows on the Nile bank and proceeded to devour them. Pharaoh then awoke. This occurred to create space between the dreams so Pharaoh would not forget them or intertwine them.<ref>Sefer Avosanu, Miketz / Rivash 41:4</ref> |
===Second Dream=== | ===Second Dream=== | ||
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Although at the time, the Tribes still had a supply of grain,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:1"/> Yackov asked his sons why do they wish to appear satiated in front of the families of Esav and Yishmoel who had already ran out of food. Additionally why should everyone stare at them and wonder why they are not seeking food before their stock soon becomes depleted <ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:1"/> and why should they become weak and thin from the famine.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:1"/> | Although at the time, the Tribes still had a supply of grain,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:1"/> Yackov asked his sons why do they wish to appear satiated in front of the families of Esav and Yishmoel who had already ran out of food. Additionally why should everyone stare at them and wonder why they are not seeking food before their stock soon becomes depleted <ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:1"/> and why should they become weak and thin from the famine.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:1"/> | ||
− | Yackov then stated how he heard grain was being sold in Egypt and he instructed his sons to travel there and purchase food, so they will live and not die. As Divine Spirit always rested on Yackov and manifested in his speech | + | Yackov then stated how he heard grain was being sold in Egypt and he instructed his sons to travel there and purchase food, so they will live and not die. As Divine Spirit always rested on Yackov and manifested in his speech,<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Miketz"/> he used the less common word of 'רְדוּ' telling them to go down as it has a numerical value of 210, which alluded to the 210 year that they were later enslaved in Egypt.<ref>Rashi Berashis 42:2</ref> |
===Trip to Egypt=== | ===Trip to Egypt=== | ||
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Yosef was the ruler over the land and it was he who sold grain to the entire populace of the land. Yosef's brothers came and prostrated themselves to him, spreading out their hands and feet<ref>Rashi Berashis 42:6</ref> with their faces to the ground. Yosef saw his brothers, and he recognized them but choose to treat them like a stranger through his harsh words.<ref>Rashi Berashis 42:7</ref> While Yosef recognized his brothers because he had left them when they were already full-bearded,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:8">Rashi Berashis 42:8</ref> they did not recognize him because when he left them, he was not full-bearded, and now they saw him full-bearded.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:8"/> He also 'recognized his brothers' when they were delivered into his hands and had compassion on them. But when he fell into their hands they did had no compassion on him and did not 'recognize him as a brother'.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:8"/> | Yosef was the ruler over the land and it was he who sold grain to the entire populace of the land. Yosef's brothers came and prostrated themselves to him, spreading out their hands and feet<ref>Rashi Berashis 42:6</ref> with their faces to the ground. Yosef saw his brothers, and he recognized them but choose to treat them like a stranger through his harsh words.<ref>Rashi Berashis 42:7</ref> While Yosef recognized his brothers because he had left them when they were already full-bearded,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:8">Rashi Berashis 42:8</ref> they did not recognize him because when he left them, he was not full-bearded, and now they saw him full-bearded.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:8"/> He also 'recognized his brothers' when they were delivered into his hands and had compassion on them. But when he fell into their hands they did had no compassion on him and did not 'recognize him as a brother'.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:8"/> | ||
− | Yosef spoke to them harshly asking them where they came from. His brothers responded that they arrived from the land of Canaan to purchase food. Yosef remembered the dreams that he had about them,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:9">Rashi Berashis 42:9</ref> knowing that they had been fulfilled, for they had bowed down to him.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:9"/> He then accused them of being spies who came to see the weakness<ref>Onkeles Berashis 42:9</ref> and exposure of the land, from where it can be easily conquered.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:9"/ | + | Yosef spoke to them harshly asking them where they came from. His brothers responded that they arrived from the land of Canaan to purchase food. Yosef remembered the dreams that he had about them,<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:9">Rashi Berashis 42:9</ref> knowing that they had been fulfilled, for they had bowed down to him.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:9"/> He then accused them of being spies who came to see the weakness<ref>Onkeles Berashis 42:9</ref> and exposure of the land, from where it can be easily conquered.<ref name="Rashi Berashis 42:9"/> |
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==References== | ==References== |