Vayeishev 40:11 · unit 1

Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 40:11

The Complete Passuk

וְכ֥וֹס פַּרְעֹ֖ה בְּיָדִ֑י וָאֶקַּ֣ח אֶת־הָֽעֲנָבִ֗ים וָֽאֶשְׂחַ֤ט אֹתָם֙ אֶל־כּ֣וֹס פַּרְעֹ֔ה וָאֶתֵּ֥ן אֶת־הַכּ֖וֹס עַל־כַּ֥ף פַּרְעֹֽה׃

Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Pesachim 108a / Rava.

Sefaria — Pesachim 108a / Rava

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְכוֹס פַּרְעֹה בְּיָדִי — אָמַר רָבָא: שְׁלֹשָׁה כּוֹסוֹת הָאֲמוּרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם לָמָּה? אַחַת שֶׁשָּׁתָה בִּימֵי מֹשֶׁה, וְאַחַת שֶׁשָּׁתָה בִּימֵי פַּרְעֹה נְכֹה, וְאַחַת שֶׁעֲתִידָה לִשְׁתּוֹת.

English: “And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand” — Rava said: why the three cups spoken of regarding Mitzrayim? One that she drank in the days of Moshe, one that she drank in the days of Pharaoh Necho, and one that she is destined to drink.

On the daf / in context: The cup motif is expanded into the long arc of Egypt’s judgments across history.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Repeated “cup” language is counted and assigned to historical moments.

What Is Learned

Egypt’s “cups” mark past and future judgments; the butler’s dream participates in that pattern.