Commentary for Genesis 45:3
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹסֵ֤ף אֶל־אֶחָיו֙ אֲנִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף הַע֥וֹד אָבִ֖י חָ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָכְל֤וּ אֶחָיו֙ לַעֲנ֣וֹת אֹת֔וֹ כִּ֥י נִבְהֲל֖וּ מִפָּנָֽיו׃
And Joseph said unto his brethren: ‘I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?’ And his brethren could not answer him; for they were affrighted at his presence.
Rashi on Genesis
נבהלו מפניו [FOR] THEY WERE AMAZED AT HIS PRESENCE — out of shame.
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Sforno on Genesis
העוד אבי חי?, “how could he have survived so many years of worry over my fate?”
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Radak on Genesis
ויאמר, After Joseph had finished weeping he told his brothers אני יוסף.
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