TT · Parashas Mikeitz · Passuk 42:28
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־אֶחָיו֙ הוּשַׁ֣ב כַּסְפִּ֔י וְגַ֖ם הִנֵּ֣ה בְאַמְתַּחְתִּ֑י וַיֵּצֵ֣א לִבָּ֗ם וַיֶּֽחֶרְד֞וּ אִ֤ישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַה־זֹּ֛את עָשָׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים לָֽנוּ׃
And he said to his brothers, “My money has been returned! It is here in my bag!” Their hearts sank; and, trembling, they turned to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
Torah Temimah points to Berachos (discussion of Proverbs 19:3 and the narrative).
מה זאת עשה אלהים. אשכחיה רבי יוחנן לינוקא דריש לקיש דיתיב ואמר אולת אדם תסלף דרכו ועל ה׳ יזעף לבו, יתיב רבי יוחנן וקא מתמה, מי איכא מידי דכתיבא בכתובים ולא רמיזא באורייתא, אמר ליה, אטו הא מי לא רמיזא, והכתיב ויחרדו וגו׳ לאמר מה זאת עשה אלהים לנו.
English of Core Text: “What is this that God has done to us?” R’ Yochanan found the child of Reish Lakish sitting and saying, “The foolishness of a man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the Lord” (Proverbs 19:3). R’ Yochanan wondered whether there is anything written in the Writings that is not hinted at in the Torah. The child answered: Is this not hinted? For it is written, “And they trembled… saying, What is this that God has done to us?”
On the daf / in context: The child demonstrates that the complaint against Heaven for the consequences of one’s own folly is already present in the Torah narrative of the brothers’ reaction to the money in their sacks.
Type of Learning: Derash on the verse (Bavli-style) — linking a verse in Proverbs to its Torah root.
What Is Learned: When a person suffers the consequences of his own earlier foolishness, he may still cry out against God; the Torah already records this human reaction in the words of Yosef’s brothers.