Genesis 45:18

18 take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me and I will geue you the beste of the lande of Egipte and ye shall eate the fatt of the londe.

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 And when the tidynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Iosephes brethern were come it pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes.

17 And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: saye vnto thy brethern this do ye: lade youre beestes ad get you hence And when ye be come vnto the londe of Canaan

18 take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me and I will geue you the beste of the lande of Egipte and ye shall eate the fatt of the londe.

19 And commaunded also. This do ye: take charettes with you out of the lande of Egipte for youre childern and for youre wyues: and brynge youre father and come.

20 Also regarde not youre stuff for the goodes of all the londe of Egipte shalbe youres.