Genesis 45:20
in Genesis 45But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
KJV
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
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This verse in Genesis 45
Commentary
6 notes on this verseRegard not your stuff - Literally, Let not your eye spare your instruments or vessels. כליכם keleychem, a general term, in which may be included household furniture, agricultural utensils, or implements of any description. They were not to delay nor encumber themselves with articles which could be readily found in Egypt, and were not worth so long a carriage.
This site's exposition
Take wagons from the land of Egypt
on Genesis 45:19-21
Pharaoh orders wagons for the children, and tells them to pay no regard to their belongings. Abram had gone down into Egypt in a famine at 12:10 and come up richer than he went. Adam Clarke reads the wagons as a road already open and travelled between Egypt and Canaan.
This site's exposition
pay no regard to your belongings
The Hebrew says, let your eye not grieve over your goods. A family leaving Canaan might hold back over what it could not carry. Pharaoh answers that worry in advance, and 46:6 shows they brought their livestock and possessions anyway.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thus those for whom Christ intends shares in his heavenly glory ought not to regard the stuff of this world: The best of its enjoyments are but stuff, but lumber; we cannot make sure of it while we are here, much less can we carry it a way with us; let us not therefore be solicitous about it, nor set our eyes or hearts upon it.
Also regard not your stuff,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It displays the character of this Pharaoh to advantage, that he was so kind to the relatives of Joseph; but indeed the greatest liberality he could show could never recompense the services of so great a benefactor of his kingdom.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעֵ֣ינְכֶ֔ם | veeinekhem | and eye your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תָּחֹ֖ס | tachos | it look with regret | H2347 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כְּלֵיכֶ֑ם | keleikhem | things your | H3627 → | 325 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ט֛וּב | tuv | [the] good thing[s] of | H2898 → | 32 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֖יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לָכֶ֥ם | lakhem | [will belong] to you | ||
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְעֵ֣ינְכֶ֔םand eye your
veeinekhemH5869 →887 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תָּחֹ֖סit look with regret
tachosH2347 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כְּלֵיכֶ֑םthings your
keleikhemH3627 →325 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
ט֛וּב[the] good thing[s] of
tuvH2898 →32 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לָכֶ֥ם[will belong] to you
lakhem
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:15–16
See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Joel 2:26
You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to…
- Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Deuteronomy 30:15–16
Through
Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 19:13
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 23:33
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Deuteronomy 19:13
Through
Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
it leads to
- Matthew 5:38–39
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
- Matthew 5:38–39
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.