창세기 41:61의 Parshanut
Meshekh Chokhmah
“Now, Pharaoh should find an understanding and wise man” ...
Pharaoh was holy to the Egyptians. As such, it wasn’t his role to look into human affairs and the matters of his land. And because “the highest over the high waits, and there are higher ones over them,” theft and robbery were rampant. Woe to the land whose leaders are many! Therefore, in Egypt there was a tremendous distortion of justice as was seen when a person from a far land was thrown in prison for life over a personal matter, imprisoned without justice. Every bureaucrat did as he pleased. Therefore, Pharaoh was shown the dreams about the cows first, to demonstrate that Hashem wasn’t going to have the famine impact Pharaoh, for the sake of the animals, “Hashem saves for the sake of animals.” For this reason Yosef stated, “As to the repetition of the dreams.” “Now, Pharaoh should find an understanding and wise man” - “man” and not “godly” or “holy”, for his greatness [in leadership] should be that he knows the ways of civility and organization. [Therefore,] “He should be placed over all of Egypt” – that everything should be in his hands. If a bureaucrat were to twist the law, his eye would be above him watching. No one would be able to decide law on their own without first consulting the leader of Egypt. And therefore the cows were mentioned first, to point out the corruption of justice in the land of Egypt. And when [Pharaoh] appointed him, he stated - look and oversee all the affairs of the land, for “I’ve given you all of Egypt.” If there is a twisting of the law, it will be dealt with by you alone. Therefore, when Yosef wanted to imprison his brothers without a trial and consensus of the community, he said, “You are spies!” - something that would involve the monarchy and would not need to be publicized amongst the populace [in order to be acted upon]. Similarly, Yosef stated, “I am Pharaoh,” referring to the divine monarchy in the Egyptian language. [This communicates that] it is below my honour to supervise the iniquity and tricks of people. “Without you...” for you will supervise all that occurs in the land of Egypt. Understand this.”
Pharaoh was holy to the Egyptians. As such, it wasn’t his role to look into human affairs and the matters of his land. And because “the highest over the high waits, and there are higher ones over them,” theft and robbery were rampant. Woe to the land whose leaders are many! Therefore, in Egypt there was a tremendous distortion of justice as was seen when a person from a far land was thrown in prison for life over a personal matter, imprisoned without justice. Every bureaucrat did as he pleased. Therefore, Pharaoh was shown the dreams about the cows first, to demonstrate that Hashem wasn’t going to have the famine impact Pharaoh, for the sake of the animals, “Hashem saves for the sake of animals.” For this reason Yosef stated, “As to the repetition of the dreams.” “Now, Pharaoh should find an understanding and wise man” - “man” and not “godly” or “holy”, for his greatness [in leadership] should be that he knows the ways of civility and organization. [Therefore,] “He should be placed over all of Egypt” – that everything should be in his hands. If a bureaucrat were to twist the law, his eye would be above him watching. No one would be able to decide law on their own without first consulting the leader of Egypt. And therefore the cows were mentioned first, to point out the corruption of justice in the land of Egypt. And when [Pharaoh] appointed him, he stated - look and oversee all the affairs of the land, for “I’ve given you all of Egypt.” If there is a twisting of the law, it will be dealt with by you alone. Therefore, when Yosef wanted to imprison his brothers without a trial and consensus of the community, he said, “You are spies!” - something that would involve the monarchy and would not need to be publicized amongst the populace [in order to be acted upon]. Similarly, Yosef stated, “I am Pharaoh,” referring to the divine monarchy in the Egyptian language. [This communicates that] it is below my honour to supervise the iniquity and tricks of people. “Without you...” for you will supervise all that occurs in the land of Egypt. Understand this.”
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