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א – What did יוסף tell פרעה?
My father & brothers & all that’s theirs have come to גשן
ב – Who did יוסף bring to meet פרעה?
The 5 weakest of the brothers
ב - Why did יוסף choose the weaker looking brothers? (רש"י)
So that פרעה wouldn’t ask them to be part of his army.
ג – What did פרעה ask them? What did they answer?
What is your occupation? We (& our fathers) are shepherds
ד – What did the brothers explain & ask פרעה?
We have come because there is no pasture. May we stay in גשן?
ו – What did פרעה tell יוסף to do?
Settle your family in the best of the land - גשן
ו - What did פרעה ask of יוסף?
If your brothers are capable shepherds, let them be in charge of my flocks
ז – What did יעקב do when he met פרעה? Explain (רש"י)
He gave him a “ברכה” – he greeted him
ח – What did פרעה ask יעקב?
How old are you?
ט – what did יעקב answer?
130 years. They were few & bad and not reached the years of my fathers in goodness.
י - What does ימי שני מגורי mean (רש"י)?
All my days I was a stranger in the land
י – What ברכה did יעקב give as he left פרעה? (רש"י)
The Nile should rise up to greet him.
יא – In which city did יוסף settle יעקב & his brothers? Where was it? (רש"י)
Raamses, in Goshen (רש"י)
יב – What does לפי הטף mean?
According to the needs of all the children (even if they waste!)
יג – What years of the famine is the פסוק talking about? (רש"י)
The first years
יד – What did יוסף first collect from the people?
money
