ויאמר אלהים יחנך בני
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Binyamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother of whom ye spoke unto me?” And he said, “God be gracious unto thee, my son.”
Bereishis Rabbah 92:5.
Sefaria · Bereishis Rabbah 92:5
אֱלֹהִים יׇחְנְךָ בְּנִי. בִּרְכַּת יוֹסֵף לְבִנְיָמִין הִיא בִּרְכָּה שֶׁל רַחֲמִים.
English: Bereishis Rabbah 92:5 reads “May God be gracious to you, my son” as the first place the Midrash identifies grace regarding Benjamin.
On the daf / in context: The midrash notes the sudden warmth in Yosef’s address to Binyamin — the only brother who had no part in the sale — and the use of the intimate “my son.”
Type of Learning: Derash on the verse (classic midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13.
What Is Learned: The first words Yosef speaks to Binyamin are a blessing of grace; the depth of feeling for the full brother breaks through the mask of the Egyptian viceroy.