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No matter how old or accomplished we may become, somewhere inside we remain a child, forever seeking the love and reassuring presence, pride and comfort of our parents. We want to share with our mothers, and our fathers, our hard-earned successes and achievements in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

So how sad it is when our parents \u2013 for whatever reason – are not there to see them, not there to heap blessings and encouragement and love on us when we finally make it.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was the one major tragedy of Joseph\u2019s life \u2013 that the grandeur of his station was unknown to his parents, that he knew his mother would never see how he had grown and it was unclear if his father ever would. Inside this man who was second-only-to-Pharaoh lived an unfulfilled \u00a0little boy – eager to show his parents what he had become, eager to make them proud of him, eager to bask in and be the source of their tender feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n

All this was no doubt swirling around inside Joseph as he once again saw his brothers, and especially Benjamin. No doubt Benjamin awakened this yearning child in Joseph. For Benjamin was not only his full brother, but a reminder to Joseph of himself as a child, and the blessings of which he was deprived. For Benjamin, unlike Joseph, lived a lifetime in his native land, speaking his native language, in the midst of a loving father and a slew of brothers, all of whom doted on and cared for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

The emotions must have been building in Joseph for all the months he had been anticipating this encounter. \u00a0And then, seeing Benjamin, he spoke those three tender words (v. 29): \u201cMay-God be-gracious-to-you, my-son.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a flash, this mighty man who had buried so many feelings of pain, fear and loss over the years was now overcome with emotion \u2013 so he ran from the room to cry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why just then? What was it about that moment, those words? It was no doubt in part the special feelings he had for Benjamin, unique among all the brothers. But perhaps it was also because those words \u2013 which slipped seemingly spontaneously from his mouth – were echoes of words he had often heard, words his mother and father would say to him. \u00a0And all of a sudden, it must have seemed that it wasn\u2019t Benjamin standing there before him, but himself \u2013 the beloved lost child of Rachel and Jacob.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the dam broke, and Joseph cried. He cried for his lost childhood; for the cuddling, comforting intimacy that was stolen from him as a boy; for the loving touch of his mother \u2013 and perhaps father \u2013 that he would never feel again; for the man he never got to show them.<\/span><\/p>\n

He cried, and it was then that the healing could begin.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":103697,"id":103697,"title":"-624b48c02dedb--624b48c02dedcgen43-joseph wept brothers.jpg","filename":"624b48c02dedb-624b48c02dedcgen43-joseph-wept-brothers.jpg.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/624b48c02dedb-624b48c02dedcgen43-joseph-wept-brothers.jpg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/and-joseph-wept\/624b48c02dedb-624b48c02dedcgen43-joseph-wept-brothers-jpg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"624b48c02dedb-624b48c02dedcgen43-joseph-wept-brothers-jpg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39709,"date":"2022-04-04 19:36:32","modified":"2022-04-04 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