Genesis 45:17-20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren. Since Joseph might have been prevented by delicacy, the king himself invited the patriarch and all his family to migrate into Egypt, and made most liberal arrangements for their removal and their subsequent settlement. It displays the character of this Pharaoh to advantage, that he was so kind to the relatives of Joseph; but, indeed, the greatest liberality he could show could never recompense the services of so great a benefactor to his kingdom.

Verse 19. Your little ones, х lªTapªkem (H2945)] - used collectively for boys and girls, and sometimes to describe a whole family (see the note at Genesis 47:12).

Related Commentaries of Genesis 45:17

Genesis 45:17-20

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

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.

19 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.

20 Also regarde not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.