Vayeishev 40:1 · EXTRA

EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 40:1 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk

The Complete Passuk

וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה חָ֥טְא֛וּ מַשְׁקֵ֥ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם לְמֶ֥לֶךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt gave offense to their lord the king of Egypt.

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Source Citation

Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Bereshis Rabbah 88:1.

Sefaria — Bereshis Rabbah 88:1

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
חָטְאוּ מַשְׁקֵה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם וְהָאֹפֶה — לָמָּה נִזְכְּרוּ? כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּבוֹא יוֹסֵף וְיִפְתֹּר חֲלוֹמוֹתֵיהֶם.

English: “The cupbearer of the king of Mitzrayim and the baker offended” — why are they mentioned? So that Yosef would come and interpret their dreams.

In context: Their offense is the divinely arranged doorway to Yosef’s rise.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bereshis Rabbah) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Side characters exist for the sake of Yosef’s path.

What Is Learned

The officials’ sin is the means by which Yosef’s gift of interpretation becomes known to Pharaoh.