Genesis 45:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

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  • Gen 27:28 : 28 May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
  • Gen 47:6 : 6 The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”
  • Num 18:12 : 12 “All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the LORD, I have given to you.
  • Num 18:29 : 29 From all your gifts you must offer up every raised offering due the LORD, from all the best of it, and the holiest part of it.’
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.
  • Ps 81:16 : 16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
  • Ps 147:14 : 14 He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.
  • Isa 28:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Samaria The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.
  • Isa 28:4 : 4 The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest– as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.

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  • Gen 45:19-21
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    19You are also commanded to say,‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

    20Don’t worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’”

    21So the sons of Israel did as he said. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

  • Gen 45:16-17
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    85%

    16Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh,“Joseph’s brothers have arrived.” It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

  • Gen 47:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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

    6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

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

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

    8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

    11I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

  • Gen 46:31
    79%

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Gen 47:1
    78%

    1Joseph’s Wise Administration Joseph went and told Pharaoh,“My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

  • Gen 47:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just 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 little children.

  • Gen 45:13
    76%

    13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”

  • Gen 41:55
    76%

    55When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt,“Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

  • Gen 43:2
    76%

    2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

  • Gen 45:4
    76%

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:25
    75%

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

  • Gen 42:2
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    2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

  • Gen 50:8
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    8all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 46:6
    74%

    6Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.

  • Gen 50:5-6
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    5‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

    6So Pharaoh said,“Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.”

  • Gen 46:28
    74%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 50:21
    74%

    21So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

  • Gen 44:21
    74%

    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

  • Gen 48:21
    73%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 11:18
    73%

    18They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, gave him a house and some land and supplied him with food.

  • Gen 41:41
    73%

    41“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

  • Gen 42:5
    73%

    5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.