Genesis 45:18

And take your father, and your households,.... Or families, for they were all married persons, and had children, and no doubt servants also: all were to be brought with them:

and come unto me; into…

- Joseph Made Himself Known to His Brethren 10. גשׁן gôshen, Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם geshem “rain, shower”), a region on the borders of Egypt and Arabia, near the gulf of Suez.…

Here is, 1. The kindness of Pharaoh to Joseph, and to his relations for his sake: he bade his brethren welcome (Gen 45:16), though it was a time of scarcity, and they were likely to be a charge to…

the good of the land Cf. Gen 45:45; Gen 45:23; 2Ki 8:9, with the meaning of "the best produce." The second clause repeats the same thought, in different imagery. Joseph promises the best that Egypt…