Vayigash 45:12 · unit 1

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 45:12

The Complete Passuk

וְהִנֵּ֤ה עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ רֹא֔וֹת וְעֵינֵ֖י אָחִ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ין כִּי־פִ֖י הַֽמְדַבֵּ֥ר אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Binyamin, that it is my mouth that is speaking to you.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Megillah 16b.

TT lemma: עיניכם וגו'.

Sefaria — Megillah 16b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מַהוּ ״עֵינֵיכֶם וְעֵינֵי אָחִי בִּנְיָמִין״? אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אָמַר לָהֶם, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין בְּלִבִּי עַל בִּנְיָמִין שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה בְּמִכִירָתִי, כָּךְ אֵין בְּלִבִּי עֲלֵיכֶם.

English: What is the meaning of “your eyes and the eyes of my brother Binyamin”? Rabbi Elazar said: He said to them, “Just as I have no resentment in my heart against Binyamin, who was not present at my sale, so I have no resentment in my heart against you.”

On the daf / in context: Megillah 16b reads the special mention of Binyamin’s eyes as Yosef’s assurance that his heart is free of resentment toward all the brothers equally.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The separate mention of Binyamin is used to teach the absence of residual grievance.

What Is Learned

Yosef assured his brothers that he harbored no resentment against them, just as he harbored none against Binyamin.