[Avodah] "Ha'od Avi Chai?"

[Zev Sero]

Why didn't Yosef also ask about his grandfather?  After all, Yitzchak 
had only passed away ten years earlier.  How would Yosef have heard 
about it?  To the best of his knowledge Yitzchak might well still be 
alive, so why no mention of him?  (We may presume he also inquired about 
Bilhah and the pasuk just doesn't bother telling us, but it seems 
strange that it would omit an inquiry about Yitzchak.)

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Zev Sero            Wishing everyone a *healthy* and happy 5781
zev at sero.name       "May this year and its curses end
                      May a new year and its blessings begin"