Genesis 45:19

Now 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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Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

In Context

18and 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.

20Also pay no attention to your household goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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Cross References

Genesis 45:27But when they told him all that Joseph had said to them and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived,

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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