The fascinating earliest documented sibling rivalry and reconciliation. The attitude and conduct that Yosef had and dealt with his brothers goes against the natural tendency of people when dealing with sibling rivalry. Yosef was in fact using an attitude which will be common in the future redemption, and his whole scheme in dealing with his brothers was to pave the way for such a harmonious approach.
Rabbi Chaim Kramer – Parshat VaYigash
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