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Invitation to Jacob to Come into Egypt. - Gen 45:16. The report of the arrival of Joseph's brethren soon found it sway into the palace, and made so favourable an impression upon Pharaoh and his courtiers, that the king sent a message through Joseph to his brethren to come with their father and their families (“your houses”) into Egypt, saying that he would give them “the good of the land of Egypt,” and they should eat “the fat of the land.” טוּב, “the good,” is not the best part, but the good things (produce) of the land, as in Gen 45:20, Gen 45:23, Gen 24:10; 2Ki 8:9. חֵלֶב, fat, i.e., the finest productions.