Genesis 45:18

And take Avichem and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the best of Eretz Mitzrayim, ye shall eat the chelev haaretz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

17And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, Say unto thy achim, This do ye; load your beasts, and go, get you unto Eretz Kena'an;

19Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you agalot (wagons) out of Eretz Mitzrayim for your little ones, and for your nashim, and bring Avichem, and come.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:28Therefore HaElohim give thee of the tal haShomayim, 1 and the fatness of ha'aretz, 1 and plenty of dagan and tirosh; 1

Numbers 18:12All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the grain, the reshit (firstfruit) of them which they shall offer unto Hashem, them have I given thee.

Deuteronomy 32:14Butter of cattle, and cholov tzon, 1 with fat of lambs, 1 and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, 1 with chittah (wheat) as fat as kidneys; 1 and thou didst drink the pure dahm of the grape. 1

Psalms 147:14He granteth shalom within thy borders, 1 and filleth thee with the chelev chittim (the finest of wheat). 1

Isaiah 28:4And the glorious beauty, 1 which is at the rosh of the verdant gey, 1 shall be a fading tzitz, 1 and as the bikkurah (first ripe fruit) before kayitz (summer); which when he that looketh upon it seeth, 1 while it is yet in his palm he eateth it up. 1

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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