Vayigash 46:4 · unit 2

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 46:4

The Complete Passuk

אָנֹכִ֗י אֵרֵ֤ד עִמְּךָ֙ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה וְאָנֹכִ֖י אַֽעַלְךָ֣ גַם־עָלֹ֑ה וְיוֹסֵ֕ף יָשִׁ֥ית יָד֖וֹ עַל־עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

I Myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I Myself will also bring you up again; and Yosef shall put his hand upon your eyes.

Torah Temimah points to Mekhilta.

TT lemma: ואנכי אעלך.

Core Text

וְאָנֹכִי אַעַלְךָ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכְּשֶׁעָלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם עָלְתָה שְׁכִינָה עִמָּהֶם.

English: “And I Myself will bring you up” — this teaches that when Yisrael went up from Egypt, the Shechinah went up with them.

On the daf / in context: Parallel to the descent: the Shechinah remains with the people for the ascent as well.

Derash on the verse (Mekhilta) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

The Shechinah that accompanies Yisrael into exile also accompanies them in the redemption.