Genesis 45:18

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.

And take {H3947} your father {H1} and your households {H1004}, and come {H935} unto me: and I will give {H5414} you the good {H2898} of the land {H776} of Egypt {H4714}, and ye shall eat {H398} the fat {H2459} of the land {H776}.

take your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you good property in Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.

Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

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.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 47:6 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 27:28 (5 votes)

    Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

  • Psalms 147:14 (4 votes)

    He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

  • Numbers 18:12 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Numbers 18:29 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 32:14 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 28:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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!