וַיַּ֣רְא יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־שֶׁ֖בֶר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ לְבָנָ֔יו לָ֖מָּה תִּתְרָאֽוּ׃
Now Yaakov saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Yaakov said unto his sons, “Why do you look one upon another?”
Classical midrash: Bereshit Rabbah 91:1–2.
וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם. אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב בְּעֶזְרוֹ שִׂבְרוֹ עַל ה׳ אֱלֹהָיו (תהלים קמו, ה).
English of Core Text: “And Yaakov saw that there was grain in Egypt.” “Happy is he whose help is the God of Yaakov, whose hope is in the Lord his God” (Psalms 146:5).
On the daf / in context: The midrash reads Yaakov’s “seeing” not as ordinary eyesight but as a form of insight or prophetic awareness that grain was available, and links it to the trust expressed in the Psalm.
Type of Learning: Derash on the verse (classic midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13.
What Is Learned: Yaakov’s perception that grain existed in Egypt is presented as more than rumor; it is connected to the trust that the God of Yaakov is his help, prompting him to act for the survival of the family.