Genesis 45:17-18

45:17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go 1  to the land of Canaan! 45:18 Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you 2  the best land in Egypt and you will eat 3  the best 4  of the land.’

1 tn Heb “and go! Enter!”

2 tn After the imperatives in vv. 17-18a, the cohortative with vav indicates result.

3 tn After the cohortative the imperative with vav states the ultimate goal.

4 tn Heb “fat.”