Verse 18
Genesis 45:18
New Living Translation
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Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/קְח֧וּ אֶת אֲבִי/כֶ֛ם וְ/אֶת בָּתֵּי/כֶ֖ם וּ/בֹ֣אוּ אֵלָ֑/י וְ/אֶתְּנָ֣ה לָ/כֶ֗ם אֶת טוּב֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וְ/אִכְל֖וּ אֶת חֵ֥לֶב הָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
And take your father and your houses and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
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Chapter 45 Context
1
Joseph could stand it no longer. There were many people in the room, and he said to his attendants,...
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Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly...
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“I am Joseph!” he said to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless...
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“Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your b...
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5
But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God (Elo...
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6
This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be nei...
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7
God (Elohim) has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survi...
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So it was God (Elohim) who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharao...
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9
“Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God (Elohim) has made...
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10
You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me with all your children and grandchild...
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11
I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you,...
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12
Then Joseph added, “Look! You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that I really...
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13
Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, a...
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14
Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.
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15
Then Joseph kissed each of his brothers and wept over them, and after that they began talking freely...
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16
The news soon reached Pharaoh’s palace: “Joseph’s brothers have arrived!” Pharaoh and his officials...
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17
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you must do: Load your pack animals, and...
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18
Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best...
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt to carry your...
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20
Don’t worry about your personal belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
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21
So the sons of Jacob did as they were told. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had command...
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22
And he gave each of them new clothes — but to Benjamin he gave five changes of clothes and 300 piece...
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He also sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the finest products of Egypt, and ten female do...
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24
So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they left, he called after them, “Don’t quarrel about all th...
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25
And they left Egypt and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan.
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26
“Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stu...
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27
But when they repeated to Jacob everything Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons Joseph h...
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Then Jacob exclaimed, “It must be true! My son Joseph is alive! I must go and see him before I die.”
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