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כי שמעתי אומרים. יחסר מלת אותם, כי שמעתי אותם אומרים. נלכה דותינה. עשאוהו רז"ל במדרשם מלשון נכלי דתות, כי המלאך רצה לגלות ליוסף מחשבתם הרעה. והנה יוסף לא הבין הנסתר שבתוך הלשון, שהוא נכלי דתות, והלך אחר הנגלה ורדף אחריהם וימצאם בדותן. והוא שאמרו במדרש נסעו מזה הסיעו עצמם מן האחוה והלכו לבקש לך נכלי דתות שימיתוך בהם. וזהו שאמר ויתנכלו אותו להמיתו, היו מחשבין תחבולות היאך יסבבו לו מיתה ושלא יצטרכו להמיתו הם עצמם בידיהם. ומזה דרשו רז"ל שאמרו נשסה בו את הכלבים. ואולי כי כן עשו בטרם יקרב אליהם ולא עלתה בידם, וע"כ כשנתקרב אליהם אמרו להרגו בידים והוא שכתוב הנה בעל החלומות הלזה בא ועתה לכו ונהרגהו.
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«Ибо я слышал говорящих». Не хватает слова “אותם”: “ибо я слышал их говорящими”. «Пойдём в Дотан». Сделали это наши мудрецы, благословенной памяти, в своём Мидраше от выражения «נכלי דתות», ибо ангел хотел раскрыть Йосефу их дурной замысел. Но Йосеф не понял скрытого, заключённого в этом слове, что это «נכלי דתות», и пошёл за явным и погнался за ними, и нашёл их в Дотане. И это то, что сказали в Мидраше: «они двинулись отсюда» — отодвинули себя от братства и пошли искать для тебя «נכלי דתות», которыми умертвят тебя. И это то, что сказано: «и замыслили против него, чтобы умертвить его» — они продумывали ухищрения, как причинить ему смерть так, чтобы им самим не пришлось убивать его собственными руками. Отсюда истолковали наши мудрецы, благословенной памяти, говоря: «натравим на него собак». И, быть может, так они и сделали прежде, чем он приблизился к ним, но не удалось; поэтому, когда он приблизился к ним, они сказали убить его руками, и это то, что написано: «вот, идёт тот сновидец; а теперь пойдём и убьём его».
כי שמעתי אומרים, “for I have heard (them) say, etc.” The word אותם is missing in the text. נלכה דותינה , “let us go to Dotan.” Our sages (Rashi) suggested that this wording was meant to alert Joseph to danger. The words: “they moved away from here” were something that Joseph did not need to be told because he already had found out. These words were the clue to the angel’s warning. In other words, when Joseph indicated that he sought a brotherly relationship with them, the angel cautioned him that they were no longer open to such advances. [Joseph did not understand this oblique warning. Ed.] The sages speak of נכלי דתות, “contriving legislation,” instead of נלכה דותינה. If we take this at face value Dotan was not the name of a location. At any rate, Joseph did not “read between the lines” and understood the meaning of his words to be simply that they had moved to a place called Dotan and went in search of that location. He found the brothers in Dotan, something which the Midrash Bereshit Rabbah 84,14 describes as the natural conclusion of the angel’s piece of warning “they have moved from here,” i.e. they have changed their attitude. When the Torah continues that the brothers plotted to kill him by using the word ויתנכלו, this is confirmation of the expression found in the Midrash that they contrived to find a legal opening for disposing of Joseph. Some of our sages claim that as soon as Joseph approached close enough to be identified, his brother set dogs upon him. [In this fashion they would not have become guilty of laying a hand on him. Ed.] The dogs, however did not harm Joseph (Nachmanides). As a last resort, when Joseph insisted on going to them instead of realising that the brothers themselves had set the dogs on him, they decided that they had to kill him directly, with their own hands. This is the meaning of verses 19-20, “let us go and kill him.”
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כִּי שָׁמַעְתִּי אֹמְרִים, “for I have heard (them) say, etc.” The word אותם is missing in the text. נלכה דותינה , “let us go to Dotan.” Our sages (Rashi) suggested that this wording was meant to alert Joseph to danger. The words: “they moved away from here” were something that Joseph did not need to be told because he already had found out. These words were the clue to the angel’s warning. In other words, when Joseph indicated that he sought a brotherly relationship with them, the angel cautioned him that they were no longer open to such advances. [Joseph did not understand this oblique warning. Ed.] The sages speak of נכלי דתות, “contriving legislation,” instead of נלכה דותינה. If we take this at face value Dotan was not the name of a location. At any rate, Joseph did not “read between the lines” and understood the meaning of his words to be simply that they had moved to a place called Dotan and went in search of that location. He found the brothers in Dotan, something which the Midrash Bereshit Rabbah 84,14 describes as the natural conclusion of the angel’s piece of warning “they have moved from here,” i.e. they have changed their attitude. When the Torah continues that the brothers plotted to kill him by using the word ויתנכלו, this is confirmation of the expression found in the Midrash that they contrived to find a legal opening for disposing of Joseph. Some of our sages claim that as soon as Joseph approached close enough to be identified, his brother set dogs upon him. [In this fashion they would not have become guilty of laying a hand on him. Ed.] The dogs, however did not harm Joseph (Nachmanides). As a last resort, when Joseph insisted on going to them instead of realising that the brothers themselves had set the dogs on him, they decided that they had to kill him directly, with their own hands. This is the meaning of verses 19-20, “let us go and kill him.”