Genesis 45:18
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.
Genesis 45:18 in other translations
| BSB | Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’ |
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| WEB | Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’ |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land. |
| DARBY | and take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. |
| BBE | And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food. |
| Webster | And take your father, and your households, and come to me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. |
What does Genesis 45:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 45:17-20
17-20. Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren--As Joseph might have been prevented by delicacy, the king himself invited the patriarch and all his family to migrate into Egypt; and he made most liberal arrangements for their removal and their subsequent settlement. It displays the character of this Pharaoh to advantage, that he was so kind to the relatives of Joseph; but indeed the greatest liberality he…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 45:16-24
Pharaoh was kind to Joseph, and to his relations for his sake. Egypt would make up the losses of their removal. Thus those for whom Christ intends his heavenly glory, ought not to regard the things of this world. The best of its enjoyments are but lumber; we cannot make sure of them while here, much less can we carry them away with us. Let us not set our eyes or hearts upon the world; there are better things for us…
Genesis 45:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 45:18
- Genesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
- Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
- Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.
- Psalms 147:14
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
- Numbers 18:29
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
- Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
- Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
- Isaiah 28:4
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
- Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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Context
- Genesis 45:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
- Genesis 45:18
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.
- Genesis 45:19
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.
Genesis 45:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomad á vuestro padre y vuestras familias, y venid á mí, que yo os daré lo bueno de la tierra de Egipto y comeréis la grosura de la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et prenez votre père et vos familles, et venez vers moi; et je vous donnerai ce qu’il y a de meilleur au pays d’Égypte, et vous mangerez la graisse du pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und nehmet euren Vater und eure Haushaltungen und kommet zu mir; und ich will euch das Beste des Landes Ägypten geben, und ihr sollt das Fett des Landes essen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et tollite inde patrem vestrum et cognationem, et venite ad me: et ego dabo vobis omnia bona Ægypti, ut comedatis medullam terræ. |