Genesis 45:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

Tell them to bring their father and their families here. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they can eat and enjoy everything that grows there.

Cross References

Genesis 47:6

I will let them live anywhere they choose in the land of Egypt, but I suggest that they settle in Goshen, the best part of our land. I would also like for your finest shepherds to watch after my own sheep and goats.”

Genesis 27:28

God will bless you, my son, with dew from heaven and with fertile fields, rich with grain and grapes.

Psalm 147:14

God lets you live in peace, and he gives you the very best wheat.

Numbers 18:29

so the best of what you receive will be mine.

Numbers 18:12

For example, when the Israelites bring me the first batches of oil, wine, and grain, you can have the best parts of those gifts.

Isaiah 28:4

Samaria above a fertile valley will quickly lose its glory. It will be gobbled up like the first ripe fig at harvest season.

Isaiah 28:1

The city of Samaria above a fertile valley is in for trouble! Its leaders are drunkards, who stuff themselves with food and wine. But they will be like flowers that dry up and wilt.

Psalm 81:16

But I would feed you with the finest bread and with the best honey until you were full.”

Deuteronomy 32:14

Your flocks and herds produced milk and yogurt, and you got choice meat from your sheep and goats that grazed in Bashan. Your wheat was the finest, and you drank the best wine.

Genesis 45:17

So the king said to Joseph: Tell your brothers to load their donkeys and return to Canaan.

Genesis 46:34

When he does, be sure to say, “We are shepherds. Our families have always raised sheep.” If you tell him this, he will let you settle in the region of Goshen. Joseph wanted them to say this to the king, because the Egyptians did not like to be around anyone who raised sheep.