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(Peshat + Rashi / Midrash — Genesis 45:14, Genesis Rabbah 93:12)

Style: Realistic cinematic drama; solemn, symbolic visual language (no franchise references)

Setting:
Private inner chamber of the Egyptian vizier’s palace. High stone walls carved with reliefs, tall oil lamps flickering, the sounds of the palace muffled behind heavy doors. Dust floats in warm shafts of torchlight.

Characters (all adults):

Joseph — adult man in his mid-30s, Hebrew by birth, now Egyptian vizier; bearded, dressed in fine white linen with a gold collar; emotionally strained but composed.

Benjamin — adult man, Joseph’s full brother; travel-worn, tense, uncertain, eyes searching Joseph’s face.

Other brothers — adult men, standing back in stunned silence.

Action (continuous, kinetic):

0–4s:
Joseph steps forward abruptly and pulls Benjamin into a tight embrace. The impact is sudden and forceful — not gentle. Joseph’s hands grip Benjamin’s shoulders; his breath breaks. Benjamin stiffens, then collapses into the embrace.

4–9s:
As Joseph weeps openly, the camera circles them tightly. Over Joseph’s shoulder, abstract symbolic shadows flicker across the stone walls:
– towering structures briefly rising,
– then cracking, collapsing into dust.
No dialogue. No explanation. The imagery feels prophetic and heavy.

9–12s:
Benjamin begins to weep as well, gripping Joseph’s back. Behind Benjamin’s shoulder, a second fleeting vision: a low, tent-like sanctuary glowing softly — then fading into darkness.

12–15s:
The visions vanish. The room returns to stillness. Joseph and Benjamin remain locked together, breathing hard. The brothers watch, shaken, sensing meaning they do not yet understand.

Camera:
Tight rotating close-ups during the embrace; symbolic shadows projected across walls; slow pull-back at the end to re-ground the scene in physical reality.

Tone:
Reunion layered with foreknowledge, love mixed with grief, destiny pressing through human emotion.