Vayeishev 37:13 · EXTRA

EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 37:13 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־יוֹסֵ֗ף הֲל֤וֹא אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ רֹעִ֣ים בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם לְכָ֖ה וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ הִנֵּֽנִי׃

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are pasturing at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” He answered, “I am ready.”

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Source Citation

Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Bereshis Rabbah 84:13.

Sefaria — Bereshis Rabbah 84:13

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יוֹסֵף הֲלוֹא אַחֶיךָ רֹעִים בִּשְׁכֶם — אָמַר לוֹ: רְאֵה מַה כְּתִיב, לְךָ נָא רְאֵה אֶת שְׁלוֹם אַחֶיךָ.

English: “And Yisrael said to Yosef: Are not your brothers pasturing in Shechem?” — he said to him: See what is written — “Go now, see the peace of your brothers.”

In context: The mission is framed as a peace-check; Yaakov sends Yosef toward reconciliation, not conflict.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bereshis Rabbah) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The errand is read through the lens of seeking shalom.

What Is Learned

Yaakov’s charge is to seek the brothers’ welfare — a mission of peace that the brothers will twist into tragedy.