וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף מָֽה־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם הֲל֣וֹא יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־נַחֵ֧שׁ יְנַחֵ֛שׁ אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֹֽנִי׃
And Yosef said unto them, “What deed is this that ye have done? Know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?”
Classical midrash on the final stage of the test.
Sefaria · Bereshit Rabbah (context)
מָה הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם. יוֹסֵף מַמְשִׁיךְ בַּתַּפְקִיד שֶׁל הַמְּנַחֵשׁ כְּדֵי לְהָבִיא אֶת הָאַחִים לִידֵי וִדּוּי גָּמוּר.
English of Core Text: “What deed is this that ye have done?” Yosef continues in the role of the diviner in order to bring the brothers to complete confession.
On the daf / in context: The accusation is the last pressure that produces Yehudah’s great speech; the midrash sees the entire staged crisis as directed toward that moment of responsibility.
Type of Learning: Derash on the verse (classic midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13.
What Is Learned: The final accusation is not vindictiveness but the carefully measured pressure that forces the brothers (especially Yehudah) to take full responsibility for Binyamin and, by implication, for the earlier sale of Yosef.