Aliya Summary: The brothers arrived in Egypt. Joseph instructed his
palace supervisor to invite the brothers to join him for the afternoon
repast. The brothers arrived at Joseph's residence where they were
reunited with Simon. Joseph arrived, and the brothers presented him with
the gift they had prepared, and they exchanged pleasantries.
After
years of being away from his family, and all the machinations to create
the situation they're in, Yosef finally gets to see his brothers, and
specifically his own blood brother, Binyamin. Rather than focusing on
himself and all the time he couldn't spend with them and with his
brother, Yosef's first words to Binyamin was a blessing for G-d to favor
him (43:29). The Medrash explains that all the brothers were blessed
with this, but that was before Binyamin was born, so Yosef evened the
blessing field by blessing only Binyamin. This just underscores the
incredible selflessness of Yosef, not to have been thinking of himself
and his sorrow. A further proof could be when the Passuk says that Yosef
"lifted his eyes" and saw Binyamin. In addition to adding to the drama
of the moment, why were Yosef's eyes down? If he were just looking at
his brothers bowing to him, he wouldn't need to lift anything. Unless he
lowered his face to avoid seeing his brothers in that state. Another
possible sign of modesty and selflessness on Yosef's part.
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