Gen 45:18 ‘Bring your father and your households and come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land. Gen 45:19 ‘Now you are commanded–do this: Take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives; bring your father and come. Gen 45:20 ‘Also do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ ”
This was a very rare treatment extended to Joseph’s family by a heathen king. The kindness of Pharaoh to Joseph’s family was not done during the time of plenty but a time of scarcity. Joseph was to take carts out of the land of Egypt, go to Canaan and bring back to Egypt his father, his brothers wives and their little ones.
They were not to be so much concerned about what they owned in their motherland. What they had in Canaan was just stuff when compared with what awaited them in Egypt. Pharaoh promised to furnish them with all conveniences once they arrived in Egypt. They will possess the best of the land of Egypt and eat the fat of the land.
Christian friends, our heavenly father will always store the best for his children. The best things in this life and the life to come have been reserved not for the ” Egyptians ” but for the children of the promise. ” However as it is written ” no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”( 1Co 2:9) . Brethren, the best is yet to come.
Further readings:
Gen 27:28
Exo 1:7
Deu 7:13,14
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