Parashat Miketz.

Genesis 41:1 to 44:17 · tenth portion of the book of Genesis

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Opening verses

וַיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ שְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֑ים וּפַרְעֹ֣ה חֹלֵ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֖ה עֹמֵ֥ד עַל־הַיְאֹֽר׃

41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִן־הַיְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת יְפ֥וֹת מַרְאֶ֖ה וּבְרִיאֹ֣ת בָּשָׂ֑ר וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּאָֽחוּ׃

41:2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

וְהִנֵּ֞ה שֶׁ֧בַע פָּר֣וֹת אֲחֵר֗וֹת עֹל֤וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶן֙ מִן־הַיְאֹ֔ר רָע֥וֹת מַרְאֶ֖ה וְדַקּ֣וֹת בָּשָׂ֑ר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה אֵ֥צֶל הַפָּר֖וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר׃

41:3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

Masoretic text and JPS 1917 translation.

The seven aliyot

Aliyah	Verses	Opening
1	Genesis 41:1 to 14	And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2	Genesis 41:15 to 38	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.’
3	Genesis 41:39 to 52	And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.
4	Genesis 41:53 to 42:18	And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
5	Genesis 42:19 to 43:15	if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses;
6	Genesis 43:16 to 29	And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: ‘Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.’
7	Genesis 43:30 to 44:17	And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Maftir	Genesis 44:14 to 17	And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house, and he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground.

Rashi on the first verse

וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ

And it came to pass at the end. As the Targum renders it by מסוף “at the end” All forms of the noun קץ signify one end or the other.

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The Zohar on Miketz

5 topics and 184 passages, from daf 193a to daf 205a, in Aramaic. The full Zohar is in Zion Torah+.

זהר193a
וירא יעקב כי יש שבר במצרים197a
ויכר יוסף את אחיו198a
וייראו האנשים כי הובאו בית יוסף201b
והאנשים שלחו המה וחמוריהם203a

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