Commentary for Genesis 43:33
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ לְפָנָ֔יו הַבְּכֹר֙ כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ וְהַצָּעִ֖יר כִּצְעִרָת֑וֹ וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.
Rashi on Genesis
הבכור כבכרתו THE FIRST-BORN ACCORDING TO HIS BIRTHRIGHT — He struck the goblet and called aloud: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon, sons of one mother, take your seats at the table in this order which is the order in which you were born — and similarly in the case of them all. When he reached Benjamin’s name he said, “This one has no mother and I have no mother — let him sit beside me” (Genesis Rabbah 92:5).
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Rashbam on Genesis
וישבו לפניו, Joseph had given instructions to arrange the seating order in order of their birth.
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Radak on Genesis
וישבו לפניו, in the order in which Joseph had given instructions to seat them.
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