Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 45:18-23 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

18. They must bring their father and their families here. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they can eat and enjoy everything that grows on it.

19. Also tell your brothers to take some wagons from Egypt for their wives and children to ride in. And they must be sure to bring their father.

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

21. Jacob's sons agreed to do what the king had said. And Joseph gave them wagons and food for their trip home, just as the king had ordered.

22. Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers, but to Benjamin he gave five new outfits and three hundred pieces of silver.

23. To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt, and ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip.