Vayigash

As he (Joseph) sent his brothers off on their way (back to Canaan) he told them, “Do not be quarrelsome on the way.”

45:24

(Do not fear the quarrels of others) Do not fear by the way…since they were carrying corn and bread and sustenance and the best of Egypt in the days of the famine, they might fear lest robbers attack them while they traveled on their journey to Canaan, and the more so when they return to Egypt with all their possessions, and thus they will not hasten the matter. Therefore he told them that they should go quickly and hurry to come there…they should have no fear at all on the way as his (Joseph’s) name is upon them.

Ramban (13^th Century)

Joseph urges his brethren to make haste, and return from Canaan with their father Jacob. Rashi interprets Joseph’s admonition as “Do not tarry in Halakhic (legal) discussions.” Jacob did not have to caution his sons against prolonged study when they went down into Egypt because when they left for Egypt they had no food; and the rabbinic saying recognizes; “If there is no food, there will be no Torah.”

Hillel Silverman (Contemporary)

We understand this warning, in its proper context, to mean that he was afraid that they might start reproaching each other for what had happened, and he warned them against this. But some Torah commentators see it as a warning of a different kind, with Joseph cautioning his brothers not to quarrel with other people they might meet on the way. Now that they are returning to Canaan as the brothers of Joseph the powerful ruler of Egypt, he was afraid that they might feel and act superior to the people they would encounter…

Pinchas Peli (20^th Century)

In contrast to those who see their failures as a direct result of another’s hate, the message of Joseph’s life is that he learns to read events that evoke God in a new and powerful way. Until this point, God’s contact with the patriarchs had been direct. God’s will is close to their hearts, never further away than an accommodating angel. But we never read of Joseph having direct contact with God, one on one, not even in a dream. What Joseph opens up is a revolutionary step in our understanding of God; his presence in the world does not hit us on the head with a symphonic vision, but we can discern Him and His divine message in the events of our own lives, even, perhaps, especially, in our failures.

Shlomo Riskin (Contemporary)