Genesis 45:19

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Pharaoh commanded through Joseph that his brothers take wagons out of Egypt for their little ones and for their wives, and bring their father and come. The command was part of Pharaoh's offer to give the family the good of the land of Egypt and let them eat its fat, so they need not regard the goods left behind, with Pharaoh himself providing transportation for the whole family to come. Joseph carried out the command by giving his brothers wagons according to Pharaoh's commandment along with provision for the way.

The verse belongs to the account of Jacob's journey to Egypt with his descendants and shows the provision made for the family's move. It is part of God's providence directing Israel's move to Egypt, where His people were preserved from famine and tested, and where they could continually represent God's truth to Egypt. It shows God's providential dealings through Joseph for the preservation of his relatives' lives: though his brothers thought to do him ill, God was using Joseph for their good, and though Jacob felt all these things were against him, God was making all those things work for him.

Whatever God has intended a person for, that person may safely trust God to bring him to it, for God may lead by a roundabout way but will guide rightly. The verse belongs to the life of Joseph, who was guided and saved by God in his youth, showing that the God of Israel is the friend and guardian of children and youth, that angels guard them in time of trouble, and that every child and youth who seeks Him early shall find Him. The life of Joseph containing this verse holds principles designed to guide dealing with the various contingencies of life, whose underlying principles are to be discovered so that Joseph's example helps in a similar experience.

It provides a counterpart to human experience with a practical lesson to be as familiar as one's own name, to be known for the good of one's own soul and for the benefit of those who come for counsel in similar difficulties, as part of the Word of God which is to become the guidebook more and more every day and in which confidence can be held till the very end. The closing chapters of Genesis containing this provision hold wonderful lessons for all generations.