KJV King James Version
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
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Genesis 45:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
ASV American Standard Version
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,
Surrounding context — Genesis 45
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
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 regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayפַּרְעֹה֙H6547 · par.ohPharaohאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יוֹסֵ֔ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephאֱמֹ֥רH559 · a.marto sayאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַחֶ֖יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingזֹ֣אתH2063 · zotthisעֲשׂ֑וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doטַֽעֲנוּ֙H2943 · ta.anto loadאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּעִ֣ירְכֶ֔םH1165 · be.ircattleוּלְכוּ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבֹ֖אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאַ֥רְצָהH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנָֽעַן׃H3667 · ke.na.anCanaan
Cross-references
Genesis 42:25-26Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.Genesis 44:1-2And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
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