Genesis 45 · Verse 19

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 45:19, King James Version

Genesis 45:19 in other translations

BSBYou are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
WEBNow 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.
ASVNow 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.
YLT‘Yea, thou--thou hast been commanded: this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your infants, and for your wives, and ye have brought your father, and come;
DARBYAnd thou art commanded — this do: take waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and take up your father, and come.
BBEAnd say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.
WebsterNow thou art commanded, this do ye; take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

What does Genesis 45:19 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…

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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…

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Genesis 45:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand youH859
צֻוֵּ֖יתָהtzu.Vei.tahyou are commandedH6680
זֹ֣אתzotthisH2063
עֲשׂ֑וּ'a.SudoH6213
קְחוּ\־ke.chu-takeH3947
לָכֶם֩la.Khemfor yourselves
מֵאֶ֨רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֜יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
עֲגָל֗וֹתa.ga.LotcartsH5699
לְטַפְּכֶם֙le.ta.pe.Khemfor little one[s] yourH2945
וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶ֔םve.lin.shei.Khemand for wives yourH802
וּנְשָׂאתֶ֥םu.ne.sa.Temand you will carryH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲבִיכֶ֖ם'a.vi.Khemfather yourH1
וּבָאתֶֽם\׃u.va.Temand you will comeH935

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Cross references for Genesis 45:19

  • Genesis 46:5

    And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

  • Genesis 45:27

    And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

  • Genesis 31:17-18

    Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • Isaiah 49:1

    Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

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commanded.
Isa 49:1,23
waggons.
27; 46:5
for your.
31:17,18

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Context

  • 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 45:20

    Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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Genesis 45:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tú manda: Haced esto: tomaos de la tierra de Egipto carros para vuestros niños y vuestras mujeres; y tomad á vuestro padre, y venid.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et à toi, il t’est ordonné: Faites ceci; prenez du pays d’Égypte des chariots pour vos petits enfants et pour vos femmes, et faites-y monter votre père, et venez.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du bist beauftragt: Tut dieses: Nehmet euch aus dem Lande Ägypten Wagen für eure Kinder und für eure Weiber, und holet euren Vater und kommet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Præcipe etiam ut tollant plaustra de terra Ægypti, ad subvectionem parvulorum suorum ac conjugum: et dicito: Tollite patrem vestrum, et properate quantocius venientes.