[Another interpretation (of Numb. 7:48:) ON THE SEVENTH DAY IT WAS THE PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, ELISHAMA BEN AMMIHUD.] R. Meir and R. Joshua ben Qorhah were interpreting the names. Elishama means: "He (Joseph) heeded (shama') my God (Eli)," and he did not heed his mistress. BEN AMMIHUD means: He was "with me ('immi)" but was not with her.¹⁴⁰., Numb. 2:28: “AMMIHUD (‘MYHWD) means: ‘His glory (HWDW)’ was ‘with me (‘MY)’ and not with another.” Similarly also in the case of (Numb. 7:54:) GAMALIEL BEN PEDAHZUR PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF MANASSEH, Joseph said: [Gamaliel] means: "God (El) has recompensed (gamal)" my people with a good recompense (gemulim). Ben Pedahzur (PDHTsWR) means: "A rock (TsWR) redeemed" (PDH)" him. And who brought it about for him (according to Ps. 18:21–22 [20–21])? THE LORD REWARDED ME ACCORDING TO MY RIGHTEOUSNESS; ACCORDING TO {MY PURITY} [THE PURITY OF MY HANDS] HE RESTORED ME; FOR I HAVE OBSERVED THE WAYS OF THE LORD…. R. Samuel bar Abba said: What is the meaning of ACCORDING TO {MY PURITY} [THE PURITY OF MY HANDS]? According to the purity of my hands, because I was pure through good works.¹⁴¹ 3:12 (or 10) (67a. (Ps. 18:21 [20]:) THE LORD REWARDED ME. How? When someone is poor, he trusts in the Holy One; but when he is wealthy, he trusts in his wealth and has no fear of the Divine.¹⁴² However, when Joseph was a slave, he feared the Lord. When his mistress enticed him with words, he said to her (in Gen. 39:9): THEN HOW SHALL I DO THIS GREAT EVIL AND SIN AGAINST GOD? Also when he became king he continued in fear of the Holy One, as stated (in Gen. 42:18): FOR I FEAR GOD. And when his brothers came down to him a second time (according to Gen. 43:16): WHEN JOSEPH SAW BENJAMIN WITH THEM, HE SAID … SLAUGHTER AND PREPARE (wehakhen) AN ANIMAL, FOR THE MEN WILL EAT WITH ME AT NOON.¹⁴³ and because the same word also occurs in Exod. 16:5, it is assumed that the conditions of Exod. 16:5 apply here to Gen. 43:16. Now surely it is not customary for kings to {eat} [prepare] food one day ahead for the next. R. Johanan said: It was the Sabbath, and he had merely prepared for the Sabbath day, as stated (in Exod. 16:5): AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS ON THE SIXTH DAY, THAT WHEN THEY PREPARE WHAT THEY BRING, IT WILL BE TWOFOLD.¹⁴⁴ 1; Numb. R. 14:2; TDER 24 (or 26), p. 131. The Holy One said to him: You have kept the Sabbath before it was given. By your life I will have the son of your son offer his sacrifice on the Sabbath day, as stated (in Numb. 7:48): ON THE SEVENTH DAY IT WAS THE PRINCE OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM.

footnotes: ¹⁴⁰ Cf. the parallel in Tanh ¹⁴¹ yTa’an. ¹⁴² Cf. Mark 10:25 // Matthew 19:24 // Luke 22:25. ¹⁴³ Because this verse uses the word, wehakhen, ¹⁴⁴ Mekhilta deRabbi Ishmael, Beshallah,