EXTRA · 47:7 · classical material not listed by Torah Temimah under this passuk

Vayigash 47:7 · EXTRA

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 47:7

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּבֵ֤א יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־יַעֲקֹ֣ב אָבִ֔יו וַיַּֽעֲמִדֵ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה׃

Yosef brought Yaakov his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Yaakov blessed Pharaoh.

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Source Citation

Classical midrash (Tanchuma / Sifrei) on the content of Yaakov’s blessing of Pharaoh.

Sefaria — Sifrei Devarim 38

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיְבָרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב אֶת פַּרְעֹה — מָה בְּרָכָה בֵּרְכוֹ? אָמַר לוֹ שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה נִילוּס לְרַגְלוֹ. וְכֵן אַתָּה מוֹצֵא בְּכׇל מָקוֹם שֶׁהַצַּדִּיקִים הוֹלְכִים, בְּרָכָה בָּאָה לְרַגְלָם.

English: “And Yaakov blessed Pharaoh” — What blessing did he give him? He said to him that the Nile should rise at his feet. And so you find wherever the righteous go, blessing comes at their feet.

On the daf / in context: The midrash identifies the blessing as a practical one for Egypt’s fertility (the Nile’s annual rise) and places it in the broader pattern that the presence of the righteous brings blessing.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrash / Sifrei) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The unspecified blessing is filled with concrete content drawn from the needs of Egypt and the pattern of the righteous.

What Is Learned

Yaakov blessed Pharaoh that the Nile would rise at his approach; wherever the righteous go, blessing accompanies them.