Vayeishev 37:7 · EXTRA

EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 37:7 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk

The Complete Passuk

וְ֠הִנֵּ֠ה אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה קָ֥מָה אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י וְגַם־נִצָּ֑בָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃

There we were binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright; then your sheaves gathered around and bowed low to my sheaf.”

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Source Citation

Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Bereshis Rabbah 84:10.

Sefaria — Bereshis Rabbah 84:10

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים — רַבָּנָן אָמְרֵי: בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה נִתְקַיֵּם, שֶׁהֲרֵי בָּאוּ וּכְרָעוּ לוֹ.

English: “And behold, we were binding sheaves” — the Rabbis say: it was fulfilled in this world, for they came and bowed to him.

In context: The sheaf-dream is read as already realized when the brothers later bow in Mitzrayim.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bereshis Rabbah) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Dream image is matched to later narrative fulfillment.

What Is Learned

The brothers’ bowing in Mitzrayim is the this-world fulfillment of the sheaf-dream.