## Sforno on Genesis Chapter 41

###### Sforno on Genesis 41:1:1
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**וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ... וּפַרְעֹה חוֹלֵם.** בִּהְיוֹתוֹ חוֹלֵם עִנְיְנֵי רַעְיוֹנָיו, חָלַם גַּם כֵּן שֶׁהָיָה עוֹמֵד עַל שְׂפַת הַיְאוֹר, כְּאָמְרָם רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ברכות נה.): "כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְבָר בְּלֹא תֶּבֶן, כָּךְ אִי אֶפְשָׁר לַחֲלוֹם בְּלֹא דְּבָרִים בְּטֵלִים".

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ויהי מקץ..ופרעה חולם, while he was dreaming about all kinds of matters of no relevance, matters reflecting what he had experienced during the course of the previous day, he also dreamt something totally unrelated to matters he could relate to, i.e. he saw himself standing on the banks of the river. The word חולם in the present tense, as opposed to חלם in the past, recalls Daniel’s statement as well as the Talmud’s statement in Berachot 55 that generally the subjects one dreams about are unfinished business of what one had been thinking of in the course of the previous day.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:3:1
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**וַתַּעֲמֹדְנָה אֵצֶל הַפָּרוֹת.** קוֹדֶם שֶׁתֹּאכַלְנָה אוֹתָנָה, לְהוֹרוֹת שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הָרָעָב וְהַשָּׂבָע יַחְדָּו בְּאֵיזֶה זְמַן, כְּעִנְיַן **וַיְהִי רָעָב בְּכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת וּבְכָל אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הָיָה לָחֶם**:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ותעמודנה אצל הפרות, before they had been devoured by the fat cows. This apparently minor nuance was to tell Joseph that famine and plenty would occur at the same time, would overlap at some stage. [the countries surrounding Egypt not having had the benefit of the seven good years, experienced the famine already when there was still plenty of food in Egypt itself. Ed.] (compare verse 54)


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:7:1
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**וְהִנֵּה חֲלוֹם.** הִרְגִּישׁ שֶׁהַכֹּל הָיָה חֲלוֹם אֶחָד בְּעַצְמוֹ, שֶׁהָיָה נִרְאֶה לוֹ בַּחֲלוֹמוֹ הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁהָיָה בְּאוֹתוֹ הַמַּעֲמָד בְּעַצְמוֹ שֶׁל חֲלוֹמוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן, וְכָךְ פֵּרֵשׁ הוּא אַחַר כָּךְ בְּאָמְרוֹ **וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלֹמִי**:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
והנה חלום, he himself felt that it was all one dream, and that what had been shown him during the second dream was a continuation of the first dream. When he referred to בחלומי, “in my dream,” (sing.) in verse 22 he himself made this point.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:8:1
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**וְאֵין פּוֹתֵר אוֹתָם.** מִפְּנֵי שֶׁחָשְׁבוּ שֶׁהֵם שְׁנַיִם טָעוּ בַּפִּתְרוֹן, כִּי בַּחֵלֶק הָרִאשׁוֹן מִמֶּנּוּ הָיְתָה הַסִּבָּה הַפּוֹעֶלֶת וְהַחָמְרִית בִּלְבַד, שֶׁהֵן הַפָּרוֹת חוֹרְשׁוֹת וְהַיְאוֹר הַמַּשְׁקֶה, וּבַחֵלֶק הַשֵּׁנִי הָיְתָה הַסִּבָּה הַצּוּרִית וְהַתַּכְלִיתִית בִּלְבַד, וְהֵם הַשִּׁבֳּלִים.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ואין פותר אותם, because they all proceeded from the premise that there had been two dreams. They did not realise that in the first part of the dream the focus was on the active causes of producing food, i.e. ploughing by the cows and threshing of the grain before it could release its kernels, whereas in the second half of the dream the focus was on appearance of the product which is converted into food, the stalks of growing corn, as well as its function, i.e. when the ears are empty there is no food.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:9:1
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**אֶת חֲטָאַי אֲנִי מַזְכִּיר.** לֹא כְּמִתְרָעֵם עַל שֶׁנָּתַתָּ אוֹתִי בְּבֵית הַסֹּהַר, כִּי בְּחֶטְאִי הָיָה.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
את חטאי אני מזכיר, not because I want to complain that you, O King, had placed me in prison, for it was my sin that caused this


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:14:1
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**וַיְרִיצֻהוּ מִן הַבּוֹר.** כְּדֶרֶךְ כָּל תְּשׁוּעַת ה' שֶׁנַּעֲשֵׂית כְּמוֹ רֶגַע, כְּאָמְרוֹ "כִּי קְרוֹבָה יְשׁוּעָתִי לָבוֹא" (ישעיהו נו:א), וּכְאָמְרוֹ "לוּ עַמִּי שׁוֹמֵעַ לִי וְכוּ' כִּמְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶם אַכְנִיעַ" (תהלים פא:יד-טו). וְכָךְ הָיָה עִנְיַן מִצְרַיִם, כְּאָמְרוֹ "כִּי גֹרְשׁוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם" (שמות יב:לט), כְּאָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה שֶׁלֹּא הִסְפִּיק בְּצֵקָן שֶׁל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לְהַחֲמִיץ וְכוּ'. וְכֵן אָמַר לַעֲשׂוֹת לֶעָתִיד, כְּאָמְרוֹ "וּפִתְאוֹם יָבוֹא אֶל הֵיכָלוֹ הָאָדוֹן אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם מְבַקְשִׁים וְכוּ'" (מלאכי ג:א):

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**They hurried him.** A miraculous deliverance always transpires with haste. So it was when the Israelites left Egypt (see *Shemos* 12:39), and so will it be when Yisrael is redeemed from the current exile.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:14:2
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**וַיְחַלֵּף שִׂמְלוֹתָיו.** כִּי אֵין לָבֹא אֶל שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּלְבוּשׁ שַׂק (אסתר ד:ב).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ויחלף שמלותיו. It is forbidden to appear in the Royal palace clad in sackcloth, prisoner’s garb. [we know this already from Esther chapter 4 when Mordechai, to the consternation of Esther, approached the palace dressed in sackcloth.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:15:1
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**תִּשְׁמַע חֲלוֹם לִפְתּוֹר אוֹתוֹ.** שֶׁתָּבִין עִנְיַן הַחֲלוֹם לִפְתּוֹר אוֹתוֹ כְּפִי חָכְמַת הַפִּתְרוֹן וְלֹא תִּפְתּוֹר בְּמִקְרֶה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
תשמע חלום לפתור אותו, that you understand the principles involved in dreams so that you can use your knowledge to interpret them, not just by a haphazard guess.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:16:1
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**בִּלְעָדָי.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ **וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֹ** כְּאִלּוּ אֲנִי יָחִיד בְּזֹאת הַחָכְמָה, אֲנִי חוֹשֵׁב שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּלִי סָפֵק פּוֹתֵר בִּלְעָדַי.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
בלעדי. Even though you have said ופותר אין אותו, that there is no one who knows how to interpret it, as if I were the only exception who possesses the necessary wisdom, I am convinced that there is certainly someone beside me who knows the answer.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:16:2
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**אֱלֹהִים יַעֲנֶה.** יַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁאֶעֱנֶה בְּפִתְרוֹנִי.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
אלוקים יענה, G’d will provide the answer, i.e. whatever I will interpret has been revealed to me by G’d.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:16:3
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**אֶת שְׁלוֹם פַּרְעֹה.** דָּבָר שֶׁיִּהְיֶה שְׁלוֹם פַּרְעֹה, שֶׁהַחֲלוֹמוֹת הוֹלְכִים אַחַר הַפֶּה (ברכות נה:).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
את שלום פרעה, I will utter words which will restore Pharaoh’s peace of mind, seeing that the realisation of matters foretold in a dream is determined largely by the words of the interpreter. (Berachot 55)


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:19:1
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**לֹא רָאִיתִי כָהֵנָּה.** לֹא קָרָה זֶה עַל דֶּרֶךְ רַעְיוֹנָךְ עַל מִשְׁכָּבָךְ סְלִיקוּ (דניאל ב:כט).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
לא ראיתי כהנה, Pharaoh meant that such a dream as he had did not reflect anything that he might have thought about during the preceding day, as is usual for most dreams. For what he had seen in his dream was beyond anything he had ever experienced while awake. (compare Daniel 2,29). [the novelty of Seforno’s approach is that he does not understand the word כהנה as referring merely to the frightening appearance of the lean cows. Ed.]


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:21:1
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**וְלֹא נוֹדַע כִּי בָאוּ אֶל קִרְבֶּנָה.** עַל דֶּרֶךְ "וַאֲכַלְתֶּם וְלֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ" (ויקרא כו:כו), כְּאָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: אֵינוֹ דּוֹמֶה מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ פַּת בְּסַלּוֹ לְמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ (יומא עד.):

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ולא נודע כי באו אל קרבנה, analogous to the warning in Leviticus 26,26 that even when the Israelites would have food, eating it would not satiate them. We also have a statement by our sages describing the effect of food on those who have it (in the fridge) as being different than for those who run out immediately after having eaten their last provisions. The latter cannot feel the effect of what they have eaten because they do not know where their next meal will come from. (Yoma 74)


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:24:1
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**וְאֵין מַגִּיד לִי.** שֶׁרָאָה שֶׁכֻּלָּם חָשְׁבוּ שֶׁהֵם שְׁנֵי חֲלוֹמוֹת וּפָתְרוּ אוֹתָם עַל שְׁנֵי דְבָרִים, וְהוּא הִכִּיר שֶׁשְּׁנֵיהֶם הָיוּ חֲלוֹם אֶחָד, כְּאָמְרוֹ **וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלוֹמִי**:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ואין מגיד לי. He noted that all his professional wise men proceeded from the premise that they had to interpret two separate dreams. Pharaoh, however, was convinced that it was one dream as he himself had said when telling it and introducing his narrative in verse 22 with the word בחלומי, “in my dream.” (sing.)


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:25:1
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**חֲלוֹם פַּרְעֹה אֶחָד הוּא.** וּלְפִיכָךְ טָעוּ הַפּוֹתְרִים:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
41, 25. חלום פרעה אחד הוא, and this is why all your interpreters have failed to come up with the correct answer.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:25:2
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**אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עוֹשֶׂה הִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹה.** לְפִיכָךְ לֹא יָדְעוּ זֶה הַחַרְטֻמִּים, כִּי לֹא נוֹדַע לָהֶם בְּלַהֲטֵיהֶם, אֲבָל הִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹה בִּלְבָד.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
את אשר אלוקים עושה הגיד לפרעה, the fact that G’d gave Pharaoh advance knowledge of what He was about to do is another reason that your interpreters could not come up with the right interpretation.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:28:1
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**הוּא הַדָּבָר.** עִנְיַן הָרָעָב הוּא הַדָּבָר שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי שֶׁהִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹה, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תִּכָּרֵת הָאָרֶץ בָּרָעָב:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
הוא הדבר, it is the forthcoming famine which I described as the advance information given by G’d to Pharaoh in order to ward off the danger that the famine would destroy Egypt.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:28:2
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**הֶרְאָה אֶת פַּרְעֹה.** שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָע לְהוֹדִיעוֹ בַּמֶּה יוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת עַמּוֹ מִן הָרָעָב.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
הראה את פרעה, the years of plenty, to give you an idea of how to save your people from the devastating effects of the famine.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:33:1
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**וְעַתָּה יֵרֶא פַרְעֹה.** מֵאַחַר שֶׁהָאֵל יִתְבָּרַךְ הִגִּיד הָרָעָב הֶעָתִיד לְמַעַן תָּתוּר לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת עַמְּךָ, וְהֶרְאֲךָ הַשָּׂבָע לְהוֹדִיעֲךָ בַּמֶּה תּוֹשִׁיעַ, רָאוּי לְךָ לְמַעַן לֹא תֶּחֱטָא לוֹ שֶׁתִּרְאֶה.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ועתה ירא פרעה, seeing that G’d has seen fit to inform you of the impending famine, no doubt in order to afford you an opportunity to ameliorate its effect on your people, and He has also shown you that this famine will be preceded by seven years of extraordinarily abundant harvests, it is appropriate for you not to become guilty in His eyes if you were to ignore such warning.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:33:2
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**אִישׁ נָבוֹן וְחָכָם.** עִיּוּנִי וּמַעֲשִׂי בְּהַנְהָגַת הַמְּדִינוֹת, שֶׁיָּשִׂים הוּא לֵב לָזֶה, וּמַלְכָּא לָא לֶהֱוֵי נָזִיק.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
איש נבון וחכם, a wise man, someone possessing the necessary insight of how to put his wisdom to practical use, who will guide the affairs of the country so that the kingdom will not come to harm.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:34:1
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**יַעֲשֶׂה פַרְעֹה וְיַפְקֵד.** וְתַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁזֶּה הַנָּבוֹן שֶׁתִּבְחַר יִפְקֹד פְּקִידִים בְּכָל עִיר וָעִיר, לְמַעַן יַכִּירוּהוּ לְשַׂר עֲלֵיהֶם, וְהָיוּ לַאֲחָדִים בְּיָדוֹ בְּכַוָּנָה אַחַת, וְלֹא יִהְיוּ חֲלוּקֵי דֵעוֹת, כְּעִנְיַן "וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם" (דברים יז:ח).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
יעשה פרעה ויפקד, and see to it that this man appoint officials as his delegates in each and every city so that these officials will be known locally as their superiors as well as accepting the authority of their economic czar and that all of them work together in harmony. Special conditions require special measures. Once the Jewish people were dispersed in their own country, the Torah also legislated measures of centralising supreme religious authority in Jerusalem as we know from Deuteronomy 17,8 וקמת ועלית אל המקום אשר יבחר ה' אלוקיך בו, “you will arise and ascend to the place which the Lord your G’d will select for being this the seat of this central authority.”


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:37:1
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**וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר.** עֲצַת יוֹסֵף וּדְרָכָיו.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
וייטב הדבר, Joseph’s basic advice as well as his outline of how to execute his plan


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:41:1
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**רְאֵה נָתַתִּי אֹתְךָ עַל כָּל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.** רְאֵה וְהִתְבּוֹנֵן הֵיטֵב לְהַנְהִיג בְּתַכְלִית הַטּוֹב, כִּי דָבָר גָּדוֹל נָתַתִּי בְּיָדְךָ:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ראה נתתי אותך על כל ארץ מצרים, be aware of the tremendous responsibility I am endowing you with by appointing you as the supreme authority in the whole land of Egypt. [the word ראה, normally translated as “see here,” is used by Pharaoh as telling Joseph to reflect deeply. Ed.]


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:43:1
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**וַיִּקְרְאוּ לְפָנָיו אַבְרֵךְ.** כְּמוֹ הַבְּרֵךְ, כְּלוֹמַר כָּל אִישׁ יִכְרַע עַל בִּרְכָּיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ צוֹעֲקִים לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לוֹמַר לָעָם כִּי לוֹ תִּכְרַע כָּל בֶּרֶךְ.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**Avreich.** This is derived from the word *berech* — “knee” — that is, they ordered the crowds to bend the knee before him.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:43:2
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**וְנָתוֹן אוֹתוֹ עַל כָּל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.** שֶׁקִּבְּלוּ כֻּלָּם שִׁלְטוֹנוּתוֹ כְּמִנְהָג לְכָל שִׁלְטוֹן חָדָשׁ.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**He thus placed him.** He caused the people to accept Yoseif’s authority.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:45:1
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**וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.** יָצָא מִלִּפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה בְּאֹפֶן מוֹרֶה שֶׁהָיָה שַׁלִּיט עַל כָּל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ויצא יוסף על ארץ מצרים, he walked away from the interview in a manner which indicated that he was now the ruler over the whole nation


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:46:1
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**וַיַּעֲבֹר בְּכָל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.** לִפְקֹד הֶעָרִים וּלְסַדֵּר עִנְיְנֵיהֶם, כְּעִנְיַן "וְסָבַב הַמִּצְפָּה וְעָלָה בֵּית אֵל" (שמואל א ז:טז) בְּעִנְיַן שְׁמוּאֵל.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
ויעבר בכל ארץ מצרים. In order to supervise the storage facilities in the cities and to organize matters. We find the prophet Samuel as traveling the length and breadth of the country instead of waiting for the people to come to him in Samuel I 7,16, וסבב בית אל...והמצפה, “and he made the rounds (annually), starting at Bet El and finishing at Mitzpah, his home.”


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:47:1
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**לִקְמָצִים.** בְּכָל שִׁבֹּלֶת עָשְׂתָה קְמָצִים.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:49:1
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**אֵין מִסְפָּר.** לֹא הָיָה עוֹד מִסְפָּר נִקְרָא בְּשֵׁם בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁיְּצֻיַּר בַּנֶּפֶשׁ:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
אין מספר; the amount was so great that there was no known word to describe such a number, such an amount in terms of grain.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:51:1
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**כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים.** כְּעִנְיָן לֶעָתִיד, כְּאָמְרוֹ "כִּי נִשְׁכְּחוּ הַצָּרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת" (ישעיהו סה:טז).

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
כי נשני אלוקים, what happened to him fore- shadowed what would happen in the future, as described in Isaiah 65,16 כי נשכחו הצרות הראשונות, “for the former troubles shall be forgotten


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:56:1
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**וַיִּפְתַּח יוֹסֵף אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם.** לְהַרְאוֹתָם שֶׁהָיָה בְּיָדוֹ כְּדֵי לְפַרְנְסָם.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**Yoseif opened.** He opened all his storehouses to show that he had sufficient grain to feed them all.


###### Sforno on Genesis 41:56:2
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**וַיֶּחֱזַק הָרָעָב.** גַּם בִּשְׁאָר מְזוֹנוֹת, בִּלְבַד הַלֶּחֶם.

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
**The famine became severe.** Foods other than bread also disappeared.