וַיָּבֹ֨א יְהוּדָ֤ה וְאֶחָיו֙ בֵּ֣יתָה יוֹסֵ֔ף וְה֖וּא עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ שָׁ֑ם וַיִּפְּל֥וּ לְפָנָ֖יו אָֽרְצָה׃
And Yehudah and his brothers came to Yosef’s house, and he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground.
Classical midrash on the prostration that fulfills the dreams.
וַיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו אָרְצָה. כָּאן מִתְקַיְּמִים הַחֲלוֹמוֹת לְגַמְרֵי.
English of Core Text: “And they fell before him on the ground.” Here the dreams are fully realized.
On the daf / in context: The midrash marks this prostration — now including the representative of the entire family — as the definitive fulfillment of the sheaves and the luminaries that bowed.
Type of Learning: Derash on the verse (classic midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13.
What Is Learned: The dreams reach their complete fulfillment when Yehudah and the brothers prostrate themselves; the long arc from the youthful dreams to this moment is closed.