Vayigosh: approach ( with caution)

Vayigosh: approach ( with caution) 

There are many  situations of approach in this week's parasha:  Judah approaches Joseph, Joseph approaches his brothers ,  someone conveys  the news of the arrival of the Israelite immigrants to Pharaoh,  Joseph's brothers and  Jacob approach Pharaoh ,...., the hungry masses approach Joseph for food, etc.   Only   the approach of Judah merits  the appellation Vayigosh.  Vayigosh reminds me of  Will Rogers,  the Okie,  with his shy, gosh manner.  

Prior use of the word  in the Torah is consistent with the idea of  approach with  trepdiation.  

וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַאַ֣ף תִּסְפֶּ֔ה צַדִּ֖יק עִם־רָשָֽׁע: Abraham approaches Gd to question  Gd's judgement about mass killing in Sodom

וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ יַעֲקֹ֛ב אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו: Jacob approaches Isaac in disguise, after admitting that he fears being discovered a fraud

The migrant, Israelites are placed in Goshen , a word with  the same phoneme, gosh,  .  It is a refugee camp, a place that approaches Egypt, but  has a lower status. It is a place where there will be no mixing with the Egyptians. Goshen approaches Egypt

Part of Joseph's cleverness was the maintenance of power.  The temptation to revolution in a famine, after total impoverishment seems overwhelming.  Joseph must have had a strong bureaucracy. 

IN desperation. the downtrodden can approach power, they become a treat to power.  Josephs compromises - the flat  20% income  tax, the welfare state - become the model of all states.  Joseph  moves the state from an agency of force to an organization for the benefit if its citizens,  

Joseph for Viceroy!