Comentários de Citação sobre Gênesis 45:24

Tremble (רִגְזוּ - rigzu): Because they shamed him instead of [giving him] his glory, and spoke falsehood concerning him [v. 3], he said: Tremble (Rigzu) out of [fear of] HaShem; fear (pachadu). Similar [is the usage of the root in (Genesis 45:24)]: "Do not tremble/quarrel (al tirg'zu) on the way." [The reason for fear is] because the king takes note of the mockery directed at him. And some say (v'yesh omrim): [That rigzu means "be angry," and the verse means:] Even if you think falsehood in your hearts, let it not come out of your mouths. But this is not correct (ve-zeh eineno nakhon). For it is written (Psalm 15:2): "who speaks truth in his heart," [and (Proverbs 6:18)]: "a heart that devises wicked thoughts (machshevot aven)." The speech of the heart is the essential thing (ha-ikkar), and the tongue is not, but rather [it is merely] an interpreter (melitz) between the heart and the hearers. Rather, the interpretation is: That you should think in your hearts at night upon your beds—when you have no involvement with other people—so that you will not speak falsehood during the day. And this [leads to the final phrase]: "And be silent/still. Selah" (וְדֹמּוּ סֶלָה - Ve-dommu selah).

All the brothers went to their father and also Benjamin, who went with Judah, who was his guarantor to bring him back to his father, upon which Judah took a ban of excommunication upon himself, to bring him. Bahya asks a question. Why was Judah punished that his bones could not rest in his coffin for the forty years in the desert? It is because he took upon himself the ban of excommunication to bring Benjamin back. What kind of sin did Judah commit? He did bring him back. The explanation is that because Judah said, I will have sinned all my days if I did not bring Benjamin back. How did he know that he would bring him back? Perhaps Joseph would not let him return? Therefore, Judah had not spoken properly.⁴¹Bahya, Genesis, 45:24.

“Do not be quarrelsome on the way” [45:24]. Joseph said to his brothers. Do not be afraid when you have many goods with you. Now in this inflation, there is much robbery, but because I am sending you and they are afraid of me on all sides. He also said that you should not argue with each other that you spoke ill of Joseph and that is why you sold him. Therefore, do not argue. You should not study excessively on the way, so you don’t go astray.⁴²Bahya, Genesis, 45:24.