Genesis 45:18

and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the best that the land affords.

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In The King James Version

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

In Context

17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts, go to the land of Canaan,

19Now you are commanded to do this: take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives and bring your father and come.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:28May God give you dew from heaven, a share in the earth’s fertile places, and plenty of corn and wine.

Psalms 147:14He brings peace to your borders, and choicest of wheat in abundance.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:17-25

Pharaoh's Kindness to Joseph. ( b. c. 1707.) 16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out… Read the whole commentary →

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