Vayigash 47:14 · unit 1

Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 47:14

The Complete Passuk

וַיְלַקֵּ֣ט יוֹסֵ֗ף אֶת־כׇּל־הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ הַנִּמְצָ֤א בְאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וּבְאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן בַּשֶּׁ֖בֶר אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם שֹׁבְרִ֑ים וַיָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף בֵּ֥יתָה פַרְעֹֽה׃

And Yosef collected all the money that was to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain that they were buying, and Yosef brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Pesachim 119a.

TT lemma: וילקט יוסף.

Sefaria — Pesachim 119a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: כׇּל כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם לָקַט יוֹסֵף וֶהֱבִיאָם מִצְרַיְמָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְלַקֵּט יוֹסֵף אֶת כׇּל הַכֶּסֶף״, וּכְשֶׁעָלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם הֶעֱלוּם עִמָּהֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְנַצְּלוּ אֶת מִצְרָיִם״.

English: Rav Yehudah said in the name of Shmuel: All the silver and gold in the world Yosef collected and brought to Egypt, as it is said “and Yosef collected all the money”; and when Yisrael went up from Egypt they brought it up with them, as it is said “and they despoiled Egypt.”

On the daf / in context: Pesachim 119a links the concentration of the world’s wealth in Egypt under Yosef to the later enrichment of Yisrael at the Exodus.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

Yosef gathered the silver of the world into Egypt; at the Exodus that wealth left with Yisrael.