Genesis 45:20
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Genesis 45:20 in other translations
| BSB | But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’” |
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| WEB | Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.” |
| ASV | Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. |
| YLT | and your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.' |
| DARBY | And let not your eye regret your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt shall be yours. |
| BBE | And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours. |
| Webster | Also regard not your furniture; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. |
What does Genesis 45:20 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Genesis 45:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 45:20
- Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- Luke 17:31
In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- Deuteronomy 19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
- Ezekiel 7:4
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- Joshua 7:11
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
- 1 Samuel 30:24
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
- Deuteronomy 19:21
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
- Ezekiel 12:3-4
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
- 1 Samuel 10:22
Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
- Isaiah 13:18
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 45:21
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
Genesis 45:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no se os dé nada de vuestras alhajas, porque el bien de la tierra de Egipto será vuestro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que vos yeux ne regrettent pas vos meubles; car le meilleur de tout le pays d’Égypte sera à vous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und laßt es euch nicht leid sein um euren Hausrat, denn das Beste des ganzen Landes Ägypten soll euer sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nec dimittatis quidquam de supellectili vestra: quia omnes opes Ægypti vestræ erunt. |