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Genesis 46: Neck and Neck
When Yosef finally reunites with his father, the Torah describes a deeply emotional moment:
“Joseph ordered his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel; he presented himself to him and, embracing him around the neck, he wept on his neck a good while.”
וַיֶּאְסֹר יוֹסֵף מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ וַיַּעַל לִקְרַאת יִשְׂרָאֵל אָבִיו גֹּשְׁנָה וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו וַיִּפֹּל עַל־צַוָּארָיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל־צַוָּארָיו עוֹד (בראשית מ״ו:כ״ט)
This phrase—“fell on his neck and cried”—appears only three times in all of Tanach, and Yosef is involved in two of them. The other instance is just one chapter…
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