- Miketz #2- Shimon?

It says in perek 42, pasuk 7 that Yosef recognized that the men before him were his brothers, but he could not differentiate between them. It then says in Pasuk 24, that he jailed Shimeon. How did Yosef know that it was Shimeon if before it mentioned that he couldn't tell which brother was who?

Miketz #3- What's in a name?

מהוַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם יוֹסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן לוֹ אֶת אָסְנַת בַּת פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם

45 And Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath Pa'neach, and he gave him Asenath the daughter of Poti phera, the governor of On, for a wife, and Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt

Questions Why did Pharaoh Change Yosef’s name to Zaphenath Pa'neach? What is the significance of his new Name?

This is discussed in "Around The Shabbat Table" by Aryeh Ben David

Miketz #1- Dreamer

Parshat "Mikeitz" starts in Perek 41 and begins with the two famous dreams Pharaoh had. In his first dream, seven skinny/emaciated cows ate the seven healthy cows and after doing so still remained skinny. Additionally, seven withered ears of grain swallowed seven healthy ears of grain and still remained thin and withered (pesukim 1-7). When Pharaoh was looking for an interpretation and eventually summoned Yosef as an interpreter the Torah restates the entire dreams again in great detail (pesukim 17-24). The Haamek Davar asks: We all know the Torah never says things that are unnecessary, even a single letter, why then does the Torah tell us Pharaoh's dreams twice, the first time when they happened and the second time when Pharaoh was telling them to Yosef, instead of just saying "and Pharaoh said over his dreams to Yosef"?