Genesis 45:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּקְח֧וּ אֶת־אֲבִיכֶ֛ם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם וּבֹ֣אוּ אֵלָ֑י וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה לָכֶ֗ם אֶת־טוּב֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וְאִכְל֖וּ אֶת־חֵ֥לֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-qeḥû ʾet-ʾăbîkem wə-ʾet-bāttêkem û-bōʾû ʾēlāy wə-ʾettenāh lākem ʾet-ṭûb ʾereṣ miṣrayim wə-ʾiklû ʾet-ḥēleb hā-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*wə-qeḥû*: conjunction + imperative, masculine plural - and take
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾăbîkem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your father
*wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
*bāttêkem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your houses/households
*û-bōʾû*: conjunction + imperative, masculine plural - and come
*ʾēlāy*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
*wə-ʾettenāh*: conjunction + imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - and I will give
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to you
*ṭûb*: noun, masculine singular construct - good of
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*wə-ʾiklû*: conjunction + imperative, masculine plural - and eat
*ḥēleb*: noun, masculine singular construct - fat of
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land

Word Meanings

*bāttêkem*: houses/households/families
*ṭûb*: good/goodness/best things
*ḥēleb*: fat/best part/richest yield

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 27:28 : 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Gen 47:6 : 6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Num 18:12 : 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.
Num 18:29 : 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
Ps 81:16 : 16 He should have fed{H8686)} them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied{H8686)} thee.
Ps 147:14 : 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Isa 28:4 : 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

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