parsha bit: Vayigash

[cellio]

When Yosef threatened to keep Binyamin as a slave, Yehudah challenged him. According to the midrash he tried three approaches: war, appeasement, and prayer. First he threatened to take up his sword and kill Yosef and all Egypt, but Yosef returned the threat. Then he offered appeasement, giving himself as a substitute. Finally, the midrash interprets his pleas as not to Yosef but to God himself, and this is when Yosef softened and revealed himself. (Midrash Rabbah 93:6)

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[cellio]

Good point. I hadn't noticed that parallel.