And Yahuda (Judah) approached him and said: Please, my lord, allow your servant to speak to you, and do not be angry, for you are equal to Pharoah. | Vayigash eilav Yehuda vayomer: bi adoni yedaber-na avdecha be-oznei adoni, ve’al-yichar apcha be-avdecha, ki khamikha ke-far’oh. | וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּר־נָא עַבְדְּךָ דָבָר בְּאׇזְנֵי אֲדֹנִי וְאַל־יִחַר אַפְּךָ בְּעַבְדֶּךָ כִּי כָמוֹךָ כְּפַרְעֹה׃ |
Torah Thoughts
In this week’s parsha, Yosef is reunited with the brothers who sold him into slavery. But the path to the reunion is fraught with tension.