Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Parallel translations
- WEB Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.”
- BSB But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
- NKJV Also do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ ”
- NASB And do not concern yourselves with your property, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ ”
- NLT Don’t worry about your personal belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
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Quick answer
Pharaoh tells them not to worry about their belongings, for the best of Egypt is theirs. Future abundance frees them from clinging to the past.
Overview
Pharaoh urges the family not to fret over leaving possessions behind, since Egypt's good things await them. The promise of provision releases them to travel unburdened. This generous assurance reflects the security God grants his people as he relocates them for their preservation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Isa 1:19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- Ezek 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezek 7:9And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
- Josh 7:11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
- Exod 22:7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
- Deut 7:16And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
- Ezek 12:3–4Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
- Deut 19:13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
- Deut 19:21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- 1 Sam 10:22Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
- Ezra 9:12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
- 1 Sam 25:13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
- Isa 13:18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
- 1 Sam 30:24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
- Ezek 20:17Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
- Matt 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
- Gen 20:15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
- Gen 45:18And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
- Ezek 9:5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
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