1)

What blessing did Yaakov confer upon Pharaoh?

1.

Rashi: The blessing here was merely a greeting. 1

2.

Ramban: Yaakov blessed Pharaoh with wealth, property, honor, and that his reign should endure. 2

3.

Targum Yonasan: He blessed Pharaoh that the Nile should fill its banks and that the famine should terminate.

1

Compare to 33:11:1:1. Ramban (citing Shabbos 89a) asks - It is not proper for a servant to greet his master! Refer to 47:10:1:1 and the note there. To answer for Rashi, refer to 47:7:1.1:1.

2

As is the way of elders and sages who appear before the king (See for example, Melachim I 1:31 [Ramban]).

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

2)

Rashi writes: "'Yaakov blessed [Pharaoh]' - This means a greeting, [just] as anyone who appears before the king [only] occasionally does." Ramban asks - Does one offer a greeting to the king?!

1.

Gur Aryeh: Surely Rashi means that Yaakov gave the appropriate sort of greeting for a king. 1

1

Mizrachi: This is not the same "She'eilas Shalom" that one would offer a friend (e.g., 'How are you?'), but rather a greeting of lauding and honor.

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