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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/45.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/45.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/45.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me with all your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/45.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/45.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/45.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/45.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/45.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/45.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children&#8217s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/45.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/45.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/45.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall live in the land of Goshen [the best pasture land of Egypt], and you shall be close to me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and your herds and all you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/45.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/45.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, and grandchildren, your sheep, cattle, and all you have. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/45.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/45.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will live near me in the region of Goshen with your children and grandchildren, as well as with your sheep, goats, cattle, and everything else you own. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/45.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/45.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Live in the land of Goshen, where you will be near me. Live there with your children and your grandchildren, as well as your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/45.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me--you, your children, your grandchildren, your sheep, your goats, your cattle, and everything else that you have. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/45.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to live in the land of Goshen, near where I am—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything that you own. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/45.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me?you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/45.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me--you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/45.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, and your children?s children, and your flocks, and your herds, and everything that you have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/45.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/45.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/45.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near to me, you and your sons, and your son’s sons, and your flock, and your herd, and all that you have,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/45.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/45.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou didst dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou wert near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep and thine oxen and all which is to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/45.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, thy sheep, and thy gerds, and all things that thou hast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/45.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and you will live in the land of Goshen. And you will be next to me, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, your sheep and your herds, and all that you possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/45.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You can settle in the region of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and your children and children’s children, your flocks and herds, and everything that you own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/45.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/45.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/45.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And settle in the land of Geshan, and be near to me, you and your children, and the children of your house, and your flocks, and your cattle and everything that you have.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/45.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/45.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/45-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=11779" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/45.htm">Joseph Sends for His Father</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9</span>Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·yā·šaḇ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">You shall settle</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḇə·’e·reṣ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1657.htm" title="1657: gō·šen (N-proper-fs) -- Probably of Egyptian origin; Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine.">of Goshen</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and be</a> <a href="/hebrew/7138.htm" title="7138: qā·rō·wḇ (Adj-ms) -- Near. Or qarob; from qarab; near.">near me—</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and your children</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·nê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and grandchildren,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇā·ne·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: wə·ṣō·nə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">your flocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: ū·ḇə·qā·rə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">and herds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and everything you own.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-22.htm">Exodus 8:22</a></span><br />But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-26.htm">Exodus 9:26</a></span><br />The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-6.htm">Genesis 47:6</a></span><br />the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Genesis 46:28-34</a></span><br />Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen, / Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely. / Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-8.htm">Genesis 50:8</a></span><br />along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-23.htm">Exodus 10:23</a></span><br />No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-32</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-16.htm">Exodus 33:16</a></span><br />For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Deuteronomy 11:12</a></span><br />It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-23.htm">Psalm 105:23</a></span><br />Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-24.htm">Isaiah 19:24-25</a></span><br />In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth. / The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Acts 7:14-15</a></span><br />Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. / So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9</a></span><br />By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-11.htm">Acts 7:11-13</a></span><br />Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food. / When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit. / On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-9.htm">Acts 7:9-10</a></span><br />Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him / and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have:</p><p class="hdg">in the land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/46-29.htm">Genesis 46:29,34</a></b></br> And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Genesis 47:1-6</a></b></br> Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they <i>are</i> in the land of Goshen… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-22.htm">Exodus 8:22</a></b></br> And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms <i>of flies</i> shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I <i>am</i> the LORD in the midst of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">Goshen.</p><p class="hdg">be near.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2,3</a></b></br> In my Father's house are many mansions: if <i>it were</i> not <i>so</i>, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/17-24.htm">John 17:24</a></b></br> Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/44-20.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/31-16.htm">Children's</a> <a href="/genesis/36-7.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/genesis/38-11.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/38-17.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/37-16.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/joshua/15-51.htm">Goshen</a> <a href="/genesis/31-55.htm">Grandchildren</a> <a href="/genesis/34-28.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/genesis/34-28.htm">Herds</a> <a href="/genesis/45-3.htm">Live</a> <a href="/genesis/36-20.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/38-13.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/genesis/37-33.htm">Son's</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/46-6.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/45-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/9-4.htm">Children's</a> <a href="/genesis/46-34.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Goshen</a> <a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">Grandchildren</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Herd</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Herds</a> <a href="/genesis/45-27.htm">Live</a> <a href="/genesis/46-28.htm">Region</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/exodus/4-25.htm">Son's</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 45</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/45-1.htm">Joseph makes himself known to his brothers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/45-5.htm">He comforts them in God's providence.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/45-9.htm">He sends for his father.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/45-16.htm">Pharaoh confirms it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/45-21.htm">Joseph furnishes then for their journey.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/45-25.htm">Jacob is revived with the news.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/45.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/45.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You shall settle in the land of Goshen</b><br>Goshen is a fertile region in the eastern part of the Nile Delta in Egypt. It was well-suited for grazing and agriculture, making it an ideal place for Jacob's family, who were shepherds. This area provided the Israelites with the resources they needed to thrive during the famine. Theologically, Goshen represents a place of provision and protection, as God orchestrated events to bring Jacob's family to a place where they could grow into a great nation. This settlement also foreshadows the eventual Exodus, as Goshen becomes the starting point for their journey back to the Promised Land.<p><b>and be near me</b><br>Joseph's desire for his family to be near him highlights the restoration of familial relationships and the importance of unity. This closeness allowed Joseph to provide for them during the famine and ensured their safety. It also reflects the biblical theme of reconciliation, as Joseph forgave his brothers for their past wrongs. This nearness can be seen as a type of Christ, who desires closeness with His followers and offers forgiveness and reconciliation.<p><b>you and your children and grandchildren</b><br>The mention of multiple generations emphasizes the continuity of God's covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It underscores the importance of family and the transmission of faith and blessings through generations. This generational aspect is a recurring theme in Scripture, where God's promises and covenants are often extended to descendants, highlighting the enduring nature of His faithfulness.<p><b>your flocks and herds</b><br>The inclusion of flocks and herds indicates the wealth and livelihood of Jacob's family. In ancient Near Eastern culture, livestock was a primary measure of wealth and essential for survival. This provision ensured that Jacob's family could maintain their way of life and continue to prosper. It also signifies God's provision, as He not only cares for the spiritual needs of His people but also their physical and material needs.<p><b>and everything you own</b><br>This phrase underscores the totality of the migration to Egypt. Jacob's family was to bring all their possessions, signifying a complete transition and commitment to their new life in Goshen. It reflects the biblical principle of trusting in God's plan and provision, leaving behind the old life for the new. This mirrors the call to believers to leave behind their past and fully commit to following God's leading.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>The son of Jacob who was sold into slavery by his brothers and rose to become the second most powerful man in Egypt. In this passage, he reveals his identity to his brothers and invites them to live in Egypt.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The father of Joseph and his brothers, who is invited to move to Egypt to be near Joseph during the famine.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph's_brothers.htm">Joseph's Brothers</a></b><br>The siblings who sold Joseph into slavery, now reconciled with him and invited to bring their families to Egypt.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/goshen.htm">Goshen</a></b><br>A region in Egypt where Joseph invites his family to settle. It is fertile and suitable for their livestock, providing a safe haven during the famine.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who supports Joseph's plan to bring his family to Egypt, showing favor to Joseph and his family.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_providence.htm">God's Providence</a></b><br>Joseph's rise to power and his ability to provide for his family during the famine demonstrate God's sovereign plan and provision. Trust in God's timing and His ability to work all things for good.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reconciliation_and_forgiveness.htm">Reconciliation and Forgiveness</a></b><br>Joseph's invitation to his brothers to live in Goshen is a powerful example of forgiveness and reconciliation. We are called to forgive others as God has forgiven us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_and_community.htm">Family and Community</a></b><br>The importance of family unity and support is emphasized as Joseph ensures the well-being of his entire family. We should prioritize caring for our families and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Jacob's move to Egypt is a step of faith, trusting in God's promises despite uncertainties. We are encouraged to step out in faith, trusting God's promises for our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_45.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 45</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'vagabond'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What is Goshen's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_skeptics_view_genesis_46's_genealogy.htm">How do skeptics address potential inconsistencies between Genesis 46 and other Old Testament genealogies regarding the descendants of Jacob?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_goshen's_biblical_significance.htm">What is Goshen's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_nursing_homes.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian nursing homes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/45.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">The land of Goshen.</span>--This land, also called "the laud of Rameses" (<a href="/genesis/47-11.htm" title="And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.">Genesis 47:11</a>), probably from the city "Raamses," which the Israelites were compelled to build there (<a href="/exodus/1-11.htm" title="Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.">Exodus 1:11</a>), was situated on the eastern bank of the Nile, and apparently commencing a little to the north of Memphis extended to the Mediterranean, and to the borders of the Philistines' land (<a href="/exodus/13-17.htm" title="And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:">Exodus 13:17</a>). In <a href="/psalms/78-12.htm" title="Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.">Psalm 78:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/78-43.htm" title="How he had worked his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.">Psalm 78:43</a>, it is called the "field of Zoan," or Tanis. It probably was an unsettled district, but rich in pastures, and belonged in a very loose way to Egypt. In the LXX. it is called "Gesem of Arabia," to which country both Herodotus and Strabo reckoned all the district on the east of the Nile towards the Isthmus of Suez as belonging. And here the Israelites were constantly joined by large numbers of Semitic immigrants, who were enrolled in their "tafs," and swelled the rapidly increasing number of their dependants. For, as we have seen before, not merely the lineal descendants of Abraham were circumcised, but all his household and his slaves; and being thus admitted into the covenant became members of the Jewish church and nation (<a href="/genesis/17-23.htm" title="And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said to him.">Genesis 17:23</a>). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/45-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You shall settle</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֣</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šaḇ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְאֶֽרֶץ־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·’e·reṣ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Goshen</span><br /><span class="heb">גֹּ֗שֶׁן</span> <span class="translit">(gō·šen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1657.htm">Strong's 1657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Goshen -- a district in Egypt, also a city in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיִ֤יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">near me—</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרוֹב֙</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7138.htm">Strong's 7138: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your children</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָנֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and grandchildren,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your flocks</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצֹאנְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣō·nə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and herds,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְקָרְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·qā·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beef cattle, ox, a herd</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and everything you own.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/45-10.htm">Genesis 45:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/45-10.htm">OT Law: Genesis 45:10 You shall dwell in the land (Gen. 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