Jacob's Holy-Spirit Vision That Joseph Lives in Egypt

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Miketz 9:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation of (Job 32:9): "Not the many are wise." It speaks of Jacob. Jacob said to his sons: It is not because you are many that you are wise, for you are ten and I am one. For I say to you, "Go down to Egypt," yet you do not seek to go down. I foresee by the Holy Spirit that there is grain there, as it is said (Job 32:8): "Surely it is a spirit in a person." I have seen that Joseph is there, as it is said (Genesis 42:1): "And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt."

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