The Angel Gabriel Meets Joseph on the Road to Dothan

"And a man found him" (Genesis 37:15-17). Three angels presented themselves to him: "and a man found him," "and the man asked him," "and the man said." "Dothaynah [toward Dothan]" hints at the attributes [middot] of the Holy One, blessed be He. "And a man found him": this is the angel Gabriel, as it is said, "and the man Gabriel, whom [I had seen in the vision at the first,] flying swiftly" (Daniel 9:21).