Genesis 45:18

and fetch your father and your households and come in unto me,—that I may give you the best of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

17So then Pharaoh said unto Joseph—Say unto thy brethren This, do,—lade your asses, and go enter into the land of Canaan;

19Thou, therefore command them, This, do ye,—Take you out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your little ones and for your wives, so shall ye bring your father and come in.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:28Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth,—And abundance of corn and new wine:

Numbers 18:12All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn,—the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them.

Deuteronomy 32:14Curds of kine and milk of sheep,—With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,—And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.

Psalms 147:14Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:

Isaiah 28:4So shall his fading wreath of majestic beauty, Which is on the head of the fertile valley, become—Like the first-ripe fig before fruit-harvest, Which when he that looketh upon it seeth while it is yet in his hand, he swalloweth it up.

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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