1. Which descendants of Yaakov and Eisav, mentioned in Sefer Bereishis, have the identical name?
2. How were Yosef's brothers punished for deceiving Yaakov into thinking that Yosef had been killed?
3. Where do we find an entire nation that did not eat meat?
4. Why did Yosef give each of the brothers a change of clothes?
5. True or False: Binyomin had ten sons.
Answers:
1. The name "Shaul" belonged to a descendant of Yaakov (Bereishis 46:10) as well as to a descendant of Eisov (Bereishis 36:37). Additionally, the name Zerach was shared by both (see Bereishis 36:13 and 46:12)
2. Because the brothers deceived Yaakov into thinking that Yosef had been killed, Yaakov did not believe them when they told him that Yosef was alive (Avos D' Rebbi Nosson 30).
3. The people of Mitzrayim abstained from all meat during the time of Yosef (see Ibn Ezra Bereishis 46:34)
4. Yosef gave each of his brothers a change of clothes to compensate them for the fact that he caused them to rend their garments when the goblet was found in the sack of Binyomin (Chizkuni 45:22).
5. False. Binyomin had eleven sons - ten who came to Mitzrayim and one who was born in Mitzrayim (Chizkuni Bereishis 46:21).
