Paroh's Dream and its Retelling/2

Paroh's Dream and its Retelling

Exegetical Approaches

Overview

Literary Variation

The additions are just Paroh's thoughts about the dream and the language differences are insignificant.

Sources: R. Shemuel b. Chofni GaonBereshit 41:18-21About R. Shemuel b. Chofni Gaon, RashbamBereshit 41:21About R. Shemuel b. Meir, Ibn EzraBereshit 41:19-21Shemot Long Commentary 20:1Yesod Mora 1About R. Avraham ibn Ezra, RadakBereshit 41:17About R. David Kimchi, R. Avraham b. HaRambamBereshit 41:17-24About R. Avraham Maimonides,

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Testing Yosef

Paroh was changing the story to test Yosef if he knew the dream or not.

Sources: TanchumaMiketz 3About the Tanchuma

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Resigned to Fate

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Ba'alei HaTosafotTosafist MS Oxford 268 (Tosafot HaShalem Bereshit 41:17-23)About Ba'alei HaTosafot, R. Yosef ibn KaspiTirat Kesef p. 124About R. Yosef ibn Kaspi, HaKetav VeHaKabbalahBereshit 41:17About R"Y Mecklenburg, NetzivBereshit 41:17-22Bereshit 41:27About R. Naftali Z"Y Berlin