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Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Miketz

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ד"א וירא יעקב כי יש שבר במצרים וגו', אמר ר' יהושע אדם גדול וזקן ויושב בביתו ורואה מה יש במצרים, אמ הכתוב והחכמה תעוז לחכם מעשרה שליטים וגו' (קהלת ז יט), זה יעקב שהיה יושב ורואה מה יש במצרים, ועשרת בניו היו נכנסין [ויוצאין] ולא היו יודעים.

Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.

Another interpretation (of Gen. 42:1): THEN JACOB SAW THAT THERE WAS GRAIN IN EGYPT…. R. Joshua said: He was a grand old man sitting in his house and seeing what there was in Egypt. The Scripture says (in Eccl. 7:19): {AND} WISDOM WILL STRENGTHEN A SAGE MORE THAN TEN RULERS…. This refers to Jacob, who was sitting and seeing what there was in Egypt, while his ten sons were coming in [and out] without knowing about it .