“His brothers envied him; but his father kept the matter in mind” (Genesis 37:12). “His brothers envied him; but his father kept [the matter] in mind” – Rabbi Levi said: He took a quill and wrote on which day, at which hour, at what place.37He recorded all the details of Joseph’s recounting of the dream so he could refer back to it. This indicated that he believed in the dream. Rabbi Ḥiyya Rabba said: “But his father kept the matter in mind” – the Divine Spirit was saying: Keep these matters in mind because they are destined to occur.
Rabbi Levi said in the name of Rabbi Ḥama bar Ḥanina: This is what our patriarch Jacob believed. He saw that these matters were impending.38Jacob saw that he was in fact destined to bow to Joseph (Matnot Kehuna). He said: If his ledger was scrutinized, what can I do?39If my ledger has been scrutinized, meaning if my own record has been scrutinized in heaven and I am destined to bow to my own son as a result of my sins, so be it (Matnot Kehuna).