Parashat Vayigash
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Yehuda approached Yosef asking to speak and he should not get angry, as well as comparing him to Pharaoh. He then reminded Yosef how he had asked them 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. | Yehuda approached Yosef asking to speak and he should not get angry, as well as comparing him to Pharaoh. He then reminded Yosef how he had asked them 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. | ||
| − | 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. | + | 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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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
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Parashat Vayigash
Confrontation
Yehuda approached Yosef asking to speak and he should not get angry, as well as comparing him to Pharaoh. He then reminded Yosef how he had asked them 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.
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.
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