Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 45:18
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.
18. the good of the land ] Cf. Gen 45:20 ; 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 can give. Cf. Num 18:12; Num 18:30; Num 18:32, “best,” Heb. “fat.”
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The choicest fruits of the land.
Fat oft is put for the best of my sort, as Num 18:12,29; Deu 32:14; Psa 63:5; 147:14.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 his kingdom, to his metropolis, and to his palace, and into his presence:
and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt; the best things which it affords, and the best and most fruitful part of it, as he afterwards did, which was the land of Goshen:
and ye shall eat the fat of the land; the choicest fruits of the earth, such as were produced in fields and gardens; meaning that they should have the finest of the wheat for themselves, and the fattest pastures for their flocks.
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Gen 45:18 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.
Ver. 18. Come unto me: and I will give your, &c.] So saith Christ, “Come unto me, and ye shall find rest to your souls,” Mat 11:28 health to your bones, all the blessings of this life and a better. Say, you meet with some trouble by the way, as haply Jacob had foul weather ere he came down to Egypt. Non sunt condignae passiones ad praeteritam culpam quae remittitur, ad praesentis consolationes gratium, quae immittitur, ad futuram gloriam, quae promittitur, saith Bernard, sweetly. What is a drop of vinegar put into an ocean of wine? No country hath more venomous creatures than Egypt, none more antidotes. So godliness, saith one, hath many troubles, and as many helps against trouble.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the fat: Gen 27:28, Gen 47:6, Num 18:12, Num 18:29, Deu 32:14, Psa 81:16, Psa 147:14, Isa 28:1, Isa 28:4
Reciprocal: Gen 45:20 – the good Deu 23:7 – because thou
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45:18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the {e} good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the {f} fat of the land.
(e) The most plentiful ground.
(f) The main fruits and conveniences.