This Shabbat, the Joseph narrative continues with the dramatic intervention of Judah to save the life of his brother, Benjamin. Judah's compassionate speech demonstrates his personal transformation. Judah offers his own life as a bond of commitment to Joseph. He begs that Benjamin be set free.

Joseph can no longer restrain himself. He asks the Egyptians to leave as he reveals himself to his brothers. "I am Joseph, does my father yet live?" Joseph shares with his brothers that the outcome of events was because of G-d's will. They should not feel guilty. Joseph invites his brothers to settle in the land of Goshen. Joseph shares a particularly touching moment with his brother Benjamin. All the brothers receive new clothing, but Benjamin receives an incredible gift from his brother as well as a large monetary sum.

Jacob-Israel, the elderly patriarch, is ecstatic that Joseph, his long lost son, is living in Egypt. Jacob receives a vision from G-d that it is acceptable for him to migrate to Egypt with his family. The Torah shares the genealogy of the sixty-six individuals who migrate to Egypt. Adding Jacob as well as Joseph, Menashe, and Ephraim to this number gives us the seventy Israelites in Egypt.

Jacob-Israel has a dramatic reunion with his long-lost son. "Now let me dies, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive." Pharaoh grants the clan of Jacob-Israel pasture for grazing their flocks and cattle in Goshen. Joseph introduces his elderly father to Pharaoh.

The severity of the famine increases in Egypt. Joseph establishes a feudal system whereby the Pharaoh obtains the land of Egypt in exchange for food. Pharaoh is granted twenty percent of the crops grown by the Egyptians.

Jacob-Israel's clan prospers in Egypt. The growth of the family of Israel sets the stage for the second book of the Torah, the Book of Exodus.