The culmination of ספר בראשית, the book of Bereishit, brings the life of יעקב, Yakov, and יוסף, Yosef, to a close. As he sees his final days ahead, יעקב takes time to give blessings and words of direction to his grandchildren and children. Surprising, the only grandchildren that are part of this story is that of יוסף. Why does the Torah highlight only them at the exclusion of all those who traveled down with him to Egypt? Were they not worthy of blessing as well? 

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