Kejadian 45:18

45:18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you ¹  the best land in Egypt and you will eat ²  the best ³  of the land.’

Kejadian 47:6

47:6 The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men ⁴  among them, put them in charge ⁵  of my livestock.”

[45:18]  ¹ tn After the imperatives in vv. 17-18a, the cohortative with vav indicates result.

[45:18]  ² tn After the cohortative the imperative with vav states the ultimate goal.

[45:18]  ³ tn Heb “fat.”

[47:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “men of skill.”

[47:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “make them rulers.”

[47:6]  sn Put them in charge of my livestock. Pharaoh is, in effect, offering Joseph’s brothers jobs as royal keepers of livestock, a position mentioned often in Egyptian inscriptions, because the Pharaohs owned huge herds of cattle.