Genesis 45:9-13

45:9 Now go up to my father quickly ¹  and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay! 45:10 You will live ²  in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me – you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. 45:11 I will provide you with food ³  there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor – you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’ 45:12 You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you. ⁴  45:13 So tell ⁵  my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!” ⁶ 

Proverbs 25:25

25:25 Like cold water to a weary person, ⁷ 

so is good news from a distant land. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “hurry and go up.”

² tn The perfect verbal form with vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

³ tn The verb כּוּל (kul) in the Pilpel stem means “to nourish, to support, to sustain.” As in 1 Kgs 20:27, it here means “to supply with food.”

⁴ tn Heb “And, look, your eyes see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that my mouth is the one speaking to you.”

⁵ tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

⁶ tn Heb “and hurry and bring down my father to here.”

⁶ tn Heb “a weary [or, faint] soul” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, ASV, NRSV “a thirsty soul,” but “soul” here refers to the whole person.

⁷ sn The difficulty of getting news of any kind from a distant land made its reception all the more delightful when it was good (e.g., Gen 45:27; Prov 15:30).