Genesis 45:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 27:28 : 28 May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:
  • Gen 47:6 : 6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.
  • Num 18:12 : 12 All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
  • Num 18:29 : 29 From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
  • Ps 147:14 : 14 He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain.
  • Isa 28:1 : 1 Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!
  • Isa 28:4 : 4 And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.

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  • Gen 45:19-21
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    85%

    19 And 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.

    20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

    21 And the children of Israel did as he said; and Joseph gave them carts as had been ordered by Pharaoh, and food for their journey.

  • Gen 45:16-17
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    16 And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 47:4-7
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    4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

    6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • Gen 45:7-11
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    7 God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

    10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

    11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

  • 31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • 1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 47:11-12
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    11 And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

    12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

  • 13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • 55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

  • 2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

  • 25 So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • 2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

  • 8 And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

  • 6 And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:

  • Gen 50:5-6
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    5 My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

    6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

  • 28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • 21 So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

  • 21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

  • 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • 18 And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

  • 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

  • 5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.