Genesis 45:20
Good News Translation
They are not to worry about leaving their possessions behind; the best in the whole land of Egypt will be theirs."

New Revised Standard Version
Give no thought to your possessions, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

Contemporary English Version
They can leave their possessions behind, because they will be given the best of everything in Egypt.

New American Bible
Do not be concerned about your belongings, for the best in the whole land of Egypt shall be yours.’ ”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And leave nothing of your household stuff; for all the riches of Egypt shall be yours.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And leave nothing of your household stuff; for all the riches of Egypt shall be yours.

regard not.

Deuteronomy 7:16 Thou shalt consume all the people, which the Lord thy God will deliver to thee. Thy eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, lest they be thy ruin.

Deuteronomy 19:13,21 Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee. . . .

Isaiah 13:18 But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.

Ezekiel 7:4,9 And my eye shall not spare thee, and I will shew thee no pity: but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thy abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the Lord. . . .

Ezekiel 9:5 And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.

Ezekiel 20:17 Yet my eye spared them, so that I destroyed them not: neither did I consume them in the desert.

stuff.

Exodus 22:7 If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them: if the thief be found, he shall restore double:

Joshua 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and transgressed my covenant: and they have taken of the anathema, and have stolen and lied, and have hid it among their goods.

1 Samuel 10:22 And after this they consulted the Lord whether he would come thither. And the Lord answered: Behold he is hidden at home.

1 Samuel 25:13 Then David said to his young men: Let every man gird on his sword. And they girded on every man his sword. And David also girded on his sword: and there followed David about four hundred men, and two hundred remained with the baggage.

1 Samuel 30:24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle, and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.

Ezekiel 12:3,4 Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all necessaries for removing, and remove by day into their sight: and thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place in their sight, if so be they will regard it: for they are a provoking house. . . .

Matthew 24:17 And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Luke 17:31 In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back.

the good.

Genesis 45:18 And bring away from thence your father and kindred, and come to me; and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, that you may eat the marrow of the land.

Genesis 20:15 And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.

Ezra 9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their prosperity for ever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever.

Isaiah 1:19 If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

Context
Pharaoh Invites Jacob to Egypt
19Give orders also that they take wagons out of the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children and their wives; and say: Take up your father, and make haste to come with all speed: 20And leave nothing of your household stuff; for all the riches of Egypt shall be yours.21And the sons of Israel did as they were bid. And Joseph gave them wagons according to Pharao's commandment: and provisions for the way.…
Cross References
Genesis 45:19
Give orders also that they take wagons out of the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children and their wives; and say: Take up your father, and make haste to come with all speed:

Genesis 45:21
And the sons of Israel did as they were bid. And Joseph gave them wagons according to Pharao's commandment: and provisions for the way.

Genesis 45:19
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