창세기 29:13의 인용 해설

By our brothers’ death. It is as if Scripture had said בגויעת ["By our brothers’ death"]. For if not so, and [the vav] was part of the root, בגוע should have been spelled with a cholam. And its meaning would be “At the time when our brothers died” like [the kaf] in ויהי כשמוע לבן ["When Lavan heard"] (Bereishis 29:13).

CAN WE FIND SUCH A ONE AS THIS? Because he was a Hebrew, the members of which race were repugnant to the Egyptians, who would not eat of the things the Hebrews touched, or have any contacts with them as they considered them unclean, Pharaoh did not want to appoint Joseph viceroy without their permission. Therefore he said to them that they would find no Egyptian comparable to him, as the Spirit of G-d is in him. After they admitted it, he said to Joseph, Since G-d has made all this known unto thee,⁶²Verse 39 here. for since the interpretation met with the approval of Pharaoh and all his courtiers,⁶³Verse 37 here. they regarded everything he had said as if it had already been fulfilled.
It is possible that the expression, all this, alludes also to that which the chief of the butlers told Pharaoh. A similar case is the verse, And he [Jacob] related to Laban all these things,⁶⁴Above, 29:13. meaning the blessings bestowed upon him by Isaac mentioned before. Pharaoh thus said: “Since G-d has imbued you with this great wisdom, thus enabling you to interpret all secret and hidden dreams, and not a word of yours has failed, there is none so understanding and wise in all matters as you are, and you are therefore fit to assume authority and rulership and to be second to me.”