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Genesis 45

Gen. 45:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
your father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
and your households
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, and come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto me: and I will give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
you the good
tuwb (Hebrew #2898)
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
KJV usage: fair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.
Pronounce: toob
Origin: from 2895
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
, and ye shall eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
t the fat
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Gen. 27:28• 28And God give thee of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and new wine. (Gen. 27:28)
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Gen. 47:6• 6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren 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. (Gen. 47:6)
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Num. 18:29• 29{i}Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, —of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.{/i} (Num. 18:29)
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Deut. 32:14• 14{i}Cream of kine, and milk of sheep,{HR}With the fat of lambs,{HR}And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats,{HR}With the fat of kidneys of wheat;{HR}And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:14)

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Egypt,
Fat,
Father,
Household

Cross References

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the fat.
Gen. 27:28• 28And God give thee of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and new wine. (Gen. 27:28)
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Gen. 47:6• 6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren 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. (Gen. 47:6)
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Num. 18:12,29• 12{i}All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.{/i}
 29{i}Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, —of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.{/i} (Num. 18:12,29)
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Deut. 32:14• 14{i}Cream of kine, and milk of sheep,{HR}With the fat of lambs,{HR}And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats,{HR}With the fat of kidneys of wheat;{HR}And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:14)
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Psa. 81:16• 16And he would have fed them with the finest (fat) of wheat,{HR}And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. (Psa. 81:16)
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Psa. 147:14• 14He maketh thy border peace;{HR}With the fat of wheat he satisfieth thee; (Psa. 147:14)
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Isa. 28:1,4• 1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
 4and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be as an early fig before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand, he eateth it up. (Isa. 28:1,4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the goodb of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the best," of soil or goods.

W. Kelly Translation

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and take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.