Aliya Summary: Pharaoh recounted his dreams to Joseph. Joseph told
Pharaoh that both dreams contained a singular message: seven years of
plenty were destined to come upon Egypt, followed by seven years of
severe famine. Joseph proposed a plan to store the excess grain of the
years of plenty, to serve as a reserve for the famine years to follow.
Pharaoh was greatly impressed by Joseph's wisdom.
When
Paroh called Yosef, he said that he heard that Yosef understood dreams,
to which Yosef responded that it wasn't his wisdom, but that it was
G-d's wisdom that he was relaying. At the end of Yosef's interpretation
of Paroh's dream, he recommends that Paroh designate someone in charge
of managing the excess food in preparation for the drought. Was that
still G-d's wisdom, or was that his own? Or is the wisdom G-d imparted
"downloaded" to Yosef, and Yosef incorporated it into his words and
suggestions? Since the Torah doesn't specify when the interpretation
ended and his suggestion began, it's most likely that Yosef incorporated
(i.e. owned) G-d's wisdom, most likely through the knowledge he
attained while learning in the Yeshiva if Shem and Eiver.
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