Wolf and Lamb Grazing Together as Benjamin Rejoins the Tribes

(Genesis 46:28) (Isaiah 65:25) "The wolf and the lamb shall graze together." "The wolf" - this is Benjamin, as it is said, "Benjamin is a wolf that tears" (Genesis 49:27). "The lamb" - these are the tribes, as it is said, "a scattered sheep" (Jeremiah 50:17). "They shall graze together" - when? When Benjamin comes with them. For Jacob used to say to them, "My son shall not go down with you" (Genesis 42:38); and once he went down with them they would hide him and guard him. And so too Joseph says of him, "And he saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son." (Isaiah 65:25) "The lion" - this is Judah, as it is said, "Judah is a lion's whelp" (Genesis 49:9). "Like an ox" - this is Joseph, as it is said, "His firstborn ox, majesty is his" (Deuteronomy 33:17). They were found eating together, as it is said, "And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright."