Genesis 45:18

18 and bring their father and their families back here to me. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will eat the best food we have here.

Genesis 45:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:18

And take your father, and your households
Or families, for they were all married persons, and had children, and no doubt servants also: all were to be brought with them,

and come unto me;
into his kingdom, to his metropolis, and to his palace, and into his presence:

and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt;
the best things which it affords, and the best and most fruitful part of it, as he afterwards did, which was the land of Goshen:

and ye shall eat the fat of the land;
the choicest fruits of the earth, such as were produced in fields and gardens; meaning that they should have the finest of the wheat for themselves, and the fattest pastures for their flocks.

Genesis 45:18 In-Context

16 When the king of Egypt and his officers learned that Joseph's brothers had come, they were very happy.

17 So the king said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers to load their animals and go back to the land of Canaan

18 and bring their father and their families back here to me. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will eat the best food we have here.

19 Tell them to take some wagons from Egypt for their children and their wives and to bring their father back also.

20 Tell them not to worry about bringing any of their things with them, because we will give them the best of what we have in Egypt."