"And when the caravan had departed," meaning: when the group set out from Egypt with the shirt, Jacob sensed the scent of Joseph. He said: "Indeed, I perceive the scent of Joseph." Qatada said: He perceived his scent when they departed (fol. 158) with the shirt from Egypt, while he was in the land of Canaan, and the distance between them was eighty farsakhs. "If you do not think me senile," he says: were it not for the fact that you would say: 'He has grown old, and his mind has become confused,' thereby regarding me as foolish; meaning: deeming me ignorant.