וּקְח֧וּ אֶת־אֲבִיכֶ֛ם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם וּבֹ֣אוּ אֵלָ֑י וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה לָכֶ֗ם אֶת־טוּב֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וְאִכְל֖וּ אֶת־חֵ֥לֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃
at kunin ninyo ang inyong ama at ang inyong mga sambahayan, at pumarito kayo sa akin; at ibibigay ko sa inyo ang pinakamabuti sa lupain ng Egipto, at kakainin ninyo ang pinakamainam sa lupain.’
On the Change of Names
[174] And also, says the Pleasure-lover, “I will give you of all the good things of Egypt, and ye shall eat the marrow of the land” (Gen. 45:18). But we will answer him, “We do not accept the body’s good, for we have seen the things of the soul. For so deeply has our strong yearning for these sunk into us that it can make us forget all that is dear to the flesh.”