Then why would you think that if Joseph would meet you face to face he would judge you as someone worthy of kavod?
You don’t know who I am, what I do, or anything about me. I could be a gadol or an am ha’aret. But Joseph feels that it’s OK to call me a liar. If he saw me face to face, he would realize that I am old enough to be his zeidi. Having reached the age of Seiva, he has an obligation to stand in my presence.