- Hebrew name
- מִקֵּץ
- Book
- Genesis
- Verses
- Gn 41,1–44,17
- Haftara
- 1 R 3,15–4,1
A deportee becomes administrator of the empire that holds him: the section founds a figure that the diaspora will recognize for centuries, that of the court Jew, useful to power and exposed to its reversal. Joseph nourishes Egypt and saves his own family without making himself recognized by them. The question of the hidden name and of identity kept secret runs through the entire history of constrained communities.