Joseph's Brothers Enter Egypt by Separate Gates

(Gen. 42:3:) "AND JOSEPH'S TEN BROTHERS WENT DOWN." Jacob said to them: I beg of you, do not enter by a single gate, on account of the evil eye. And so they did. When they entered, they did not all enter as one, but each and every one by himself. What did Joseph do? He stationed guards at the entrance to the gates of Egypt. He said: Whoever enters, let his name and his father's name be written down by you, and you are to bring me their names. And when the sons of Jacob entered, each and every one by himself, he (the guard) would say: What is your name? And he would say to him: Reuben son of Jacob. And so each and every one of them; he would write down his name and his father's name. And they brought the written records to Joseph. He said to them: Go and bring them. They went and found them in the market of the harlots, and they brought them to Joseph. Immediately Joseph recognized them, as it is said (Gen. 42:8): "AND JOSEPH RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHERS." He began to recall the dreams, as it is said (Gen. 42:9): "AND JOSEPH REMEMBERED THE DREAMS THAT HE HAD DREAMED ABOUT THEM." (Gen. 42:7:) "AND HE MADE HIMSELF A STRANGER TO THEM AND SPOKE HARSHLY WITH THEM." He began to be harsh with them and said to them: From where have you come? When they said: From the land of Canaan, he said to Simeon and to Levi: Are you accustomed to plundering people, just as you did in Shechem? This is the meaning of "AND HE SPOKE HARSHLY WITH THEM."