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Not only did Yosef's name remain intact, but he gained the letter "hey" to
his name. This is why the verse says I am Yosef, "HaOad?" Don't read it as
"HaOad" meaning "still?," but rather read it as "Hey, Oad", meaning an extra
letter "hey." Yosef had an extra letter "hey" added to his name as it
mentions that the angel Gavriel added the letter "hey" to his name in the book
Tehillim. Since Yosef received this extra letter, the remainder of the verse
is true -- that his father was certainly alive and well. For if Yosef sinned,
the stain of the sin would taint
Yaakov since Yaakov and Yosef were inseparable and their fates intertwined.
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