Parashá VaYigash in English

VAYIGASH Judah approaches Joseph to ask for the release of Binyamin, offering himself as a slave to the Egyptian leader instead of his brother. After witnessing his brothers' loyalty to one another, Joseph reveals his identity by saying, "I am Joseph. The brothers with shame and remorse, but Joseph comforts them. "It was not you who sent me here," he tells them, "but Elohim. Everything was ordained from heaven to save us, and the whole region, from famine.