TT #24 · Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 47:2
And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.
Torah Temimah points to Bava Kama 92a.
Torah Temimah points to classical midrashic sources on which five brothers were chosen.
TT lemma: ומקצה אחיו לקח חמשה.
English: “And from among his brothers he took five men” — he took the weaker ones among them, so that Pharaoh would not see the strong ones and conscript them for royal service.
Derash on the verse (midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13.
Yosef deliberately presented only five of the less imposing brothers so that Pharaoh would not conscript the strong ones.