Genesis 45: How Now Yosef's Cows

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Oct 30, 2025 · 2m

After the brothers return to tell Yaakov that Yosef is alive, Yaakov is skeptical. His doubt is only lifted when he sees the agalot—the wagons—that Yosef had sent. The Torah says:

“But when they recounted all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the agalot that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.”

וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלָיו אֵת כָּל דִּבְרֵי יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם וַיַּרְא אֶת הָעֲגָלוֹת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יוֹסֵף לָשֵׂאת אֹתוֹ וַתְּחִי רוּחַ יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶם (בראשית מ״ה:כ״ז)

The word עֲגָלוֹת (agalot) is usually translated as “wagons,” but it can…