Genesis 45:18

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Then bring your father and your households and come back to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat from the fat of the land.

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  • Gen 27:28 : 28 May God give you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, an abundance of grain and new wine.
  • Gen 47:6 : 6 'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'
  • Num 18:12 : 12 'I give you the finest olive oil, new wine, and grain—the firstfruits they offer to the LORD.'
  • Num 18:29 : 29 Out of all your gifts, you must present the very best part, the sacred portion, as an offering to the LORD.
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 Curds from cattle and milk from the flock, with fat from lambs, rams of Bashan breed, and goats, with the finest wheat, and you drank the blood of the grape as wine.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
  • Ps 147:14 : 14 He makes peace in your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
  • Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those overcome by wine.
  • Isa 28:4 : 4 The fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like an early fig before the summer harvest—when someone sees it, they quickly swallow it while it is still in their hand.

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  • Gen 45:19-21
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    19You are also instructed to do this: Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father and come.

    20Do not worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

    21The sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded and provisions for their journey.

  • Gen 45:16-17
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    16The news reached Pharaoh' palace

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Gen 47:4-7
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    4They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

    6'The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land, in Goshen. And if you know any among them who are capable men, appoint them as overseers of my livestock.'

    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 45:7-11
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    7But God sent me ahead of you to establish a remnant for you on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

    8So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt.

    9Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.’

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

    11I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

  • Gen 47:1
    78%

    1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, 'My father, my brothers, their flocks, their herds, and everything they own have come from the land of Canaan, and they are now in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 47:11-12
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    77%

    11So Joseph settled his father and brothers, giving them property in the best part of the land in Egypt, in the region of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

  • Gen 45:13
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    13Tell my father about all the honor that I have in Egypt and everything you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.

  • Gen 41:55
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    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

  • Gen 43:2
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    2When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”

  • Gen 45:4
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    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 45:25
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 42:2
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    2And he said, 'Look, I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.'

  • Gen 50:8
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    8Joseph's entire household, his brothers, and his father's household accompanied him. But they left their children, flocks, and cattle in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 46:6
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    6They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt.

  • Gen 50:5-6
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    5'My father made me swear, saying, “I am about to die. Bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now, please let me go and bury my father, and I will return.'

    6Pharaoh replied, 'Go and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.'

  • Gen 46:28
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    28Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the land of Goshen,

  • Gen 50:21
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    21'So do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.' And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

  • Gen 44:21
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    21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

  • Gen 48:21
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    21Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:18
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    18They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Taking men from Paran with them, they entered Egypt and went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who gave him a house, food, and land.

  • Gen 41:41
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    41Pharaoh also said to Joseph, 'See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.'

  • Gen 42:5
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    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.