EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 37:7 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk
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.”
Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Bereshis Rabbah 84:10.
Sefaria — Bereshis Rabbah 84:10
English: “And behold, we were binding sheaves” — the Midrash first explains the imagery as each brother gathering produce, with Joseph’s produce enduring while theirs rots. Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Aḥa then give different readings of “my sheaf arose and also stood upright,” and the Midrash connects the repeated language of the sheaves to the brothers’ future prostrations before Joseph.
Derash on the verse (Bereshis Rabbah) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Bereishis Rabbah 84:10 develops the dream through several interpretations; it is not limited to the later bowing of the brothers.
The brothers’ bowing in Mitzrayim is the this-world fulfillment of the sheaf-dream.