שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).

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And he put them altogether into ward. Here, not by words only, as before, but by the act itself, Joseph shows himself severe towards his b…

And he put them all together into ward three days .
] In order to consult together, and agree who should be sent to …

Joseph was hard on his brothers, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that …