Genesis 45:10

10 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

Genesis 45:10 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
English Standard Version (ESV)
10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me with all your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
The Message Bible (MSG)
10 I'll give you a place to live in Goshen where you'll be close to me - you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and anything else you can think of.
American Standard Version (ASV)
10 and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
10 Live in the land of Goshen, where you will be near me. Live there with your children and your grandchildren, as well as your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
10 You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me-you, your children, and grandchildren, your sheep, cattle, and all you have.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 You will live in the area of Goshen. You, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you have will be near me.

Genesis 45:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:10

And thou shall dwell in the land of Goshen
Called by Artapanus F20 Kaisan or Kessan; the Septuagint version Gesan of Arabia, as it was that part of Egypt which bordered on Arabia: it seems to be the same with the land of Rameses, see ( Genesis 47:11 ) ; and the Heliopolitan home, which, Strabo F21 says, was reckoned to be in Arabia, and in which were both the city of Heliopolis and the city Heroopolis, according to Ptolemy F23; for in the Septuagint version of ( Genesis 46:28 ) , instead of Goshen is Heroopolis, or the city of the Heroes in the land of Rameses, with which agrees Josephus F24: wherefore Dr. Shaw F25 observes, the land of Rameses or Goshen could be no other than the Heliopolitan home, taking in that part of Arabia which lay bounded near Heliopolis by the Nile, and near Heroopolis by the correspondent part of the Red Sea. Now either before this time Joseph had got a grant of this country, of Pharaoh, to dispose of at pleasure, or he had so much power and authority of himself as to put his father into it: or it may be, it was the domains of his father in law the priest of On, since On or Onii, according to Ptolemy F26, was the metropolis of the Heliopolitan home, and by some thought to be Heliopolis itself, and perhaps might be Joseph's own country, which he had with the daughter of the priest of On: indeed if what the Jewish writers say F1, that Pharaoh, king of Egypt in Abraham's time, gave to Sarah the land of Goshen for an inheritance, and therefore the Israelites dwelt in it, because it was Sarah their "mother's"; it would account for Joseph's proposing to put them into the possession of it without the leave of Pharaoh; but Goshen seems to have been in the grant of Pharaoh, who agreed and confirmed what Joseph proposed, ( Genesis 47:6 ) ;

and thou shalt be near unto me;
as he would be in Goshen, if Memphis was the royal seat at this time, as some think F2, and not Tanis or Zoan; or Heliopolis, or both, in their turn; and Artapanus F3 is express for it, that Memphis was the seat of that king of Egypt, in whose court Moses was brought up; and especially Heliopolis, nay be thought to be so, if Joseph dwelt at On or Heliopolis, where his father in law was priest or prince, which was near if not in Goshen itself: and according to Bunting F4, On or Oni was the metropolis of Goshen; and Leo Africanus says F5, that the sahidic province, in which was Fium, where the Israelites dwelt, see ( Genesis 47:11 ) , was the seat of the nobility of the ancient Egyptians:

thou and thy children, and thy children's children:
for Jacob's sons had all of them children, even Benjamin the youngest, as appears from the following chapter:

and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast;
and Goshen, being a place of pasturage, was fit and suitable for them; and so Josephus says F6, of Heliopolis, which he takes to be the place where Jacob was placed, that there the king's shepherds had their pastures.


FOOTNOTES:

F20 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 23. p. 27.
F21 Geograph. l. 17. p. 555.
F23 Geograph. l. 4. c. 5.
F24 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 7. sect. 5.
F25 Travels, 305, 306. Ed. 2.
F26 Ut supra. (F23)
F1 Pirke Eliezer, c. 26.
F2 Dr. Shaw. ut supra, (F25) p. 304 Jablonski de Terra Goshen, Dissert. 4. sect. 3, 4, 5. & Sicardus in ib. Dissert. 5. sect. 1.
F3 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 23, 27.
F4 Travels p. 76.
F5 Descriptio Africae, l. 8. p. 669.
F6 Ut supra, (F24) sect. 6.

Genesis 45:10 In-Context

8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
9 Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.
10 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.
11 I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’
12 “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Genesis 46:28,34">Genesis 46:28,34; Genesis 47:1,11,27">Genesis 47:1,11,27; Genesis 50:8; Exodus 8:22; Exodus 9:26; Exodus 10:24; Genesis 46:28,34">Genesis 46:28,34; Genesis 47:1
  • 2. Genesis 46:6-7
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