1) Ch. 41, v. 4: "Vatochalnoh haporos ro'ose hamar'eh v'dakose habosor eis sheva haporos" And the poor looking and emaciated cows ate the seven cows Verses 2 and 3 inform us that Paroh dreamt of 7 robust and 7 emaciated cows. Our verse begins by telling us that the poor looking and emaciated cows swallowed , without repeating their number, assuming that we would understand that it was 7 of the previous verse. Yet the verse goes on to say that they swallowed the SEVEN healthy looking and robust cows. Why repeat the number 7 by the healthy ones and not by the emaciated ones?
2) Ch. 41, v. 7: "V'hi'nei chalome" And behold a dream Why wasn't this said at the end of the dream of the cows as well, or at least say "chalomos" here? Why bother saying these words at all?
3) Ch. 41, v. 25: "Higid l'Pharoh" He related to Paroh Compare this with verse 28, where it says "heroh es Paroh."
4) Ch. 42, v. 7: "Mei'ayin bo'sem va'yomru mei'eretz K'naan lishbor ochel" From where have you come and they said from the land Canaan to purchase food Why did they offer information not requested of them?
5) Ch. 41, v. 56: "Va'yiftach Yoseif es kol asher bo'hem" And Yoseif opened all that contained in them Why did Yoseif display all that was in all the storage houses? He dispensed food for two years. Why wasn't it sufficient to open only what was needed on a daily basis?
Important Numbers
