Genesis 45:19

17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.

18 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.’

You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.

20 But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

21 So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
KJV
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
WEB
Now you are commanded to do this: Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
ASV
Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
DARBY
And thou art commanded this do: take waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and take up your father, and come.
BLB
And you—you have been commanded, ‘Do this: Take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts for your⁺ little ones, and for your⁺ wives, and bring your⁺ father, and come.
ÅB
Dette befaler jeg deg nå å si til dem: Så skal dere gjøre: Dere skal ta med dere vogner fra Egypt til deres barn og hustruer og hente deres far og komme hit,
OTB
Dere er også instruert: ‘Gjør dette: Ta noen vogner fra Egypt til deres små barn og deres koner, og bring deres far og kom.
B1930
Dette byder jeg dig nu å si til dem: Så skal I gjøre: I skal ta med eder vogner fra Egypten til eders barn og hustruer og hente eders far og komme hit,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 46:5

    Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

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  • Genesis 45:27

    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

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  • Isaiah 49:23

    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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  • Genesis 31:17–18

    Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

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  • Isaiah 49:1

    Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

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