Genesis 47:12 “Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s hous…”

Genesis 47:12

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

World English Bible

Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.

American Standard Version

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.

Darby Translation

And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.

Young's Literal Translation

and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

Bible in Basic English

And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

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Cross references

“nourished”

Ruth 4:15

Ruth 4:15 · BSB

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

“his father”

Exodus 20:12 Matthew 15:4–6 Mark 7:10–13 1 Timothy 4:8 1 Timothy 5:4 1 Timothy 5:8

Exodus 20:12 · BSB

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Matthew 15:4–6 · BSB

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Mark 7:10–13 · BSB

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

1 Timothy 5:4 · BSB

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:8 · BSB

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

“according to their families”

Genesis 47:1 Genesis 47:21 Genesis 47:24 1 Thessalonians 2:7

Genesis 47:1 · BSB

So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

Genesis 47:21 · BSB

and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.

Genesis 47:24 · BSB

At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”

1 Thessalonians 2:7 · BSB

On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

Also

Genesis 45:11

Genesis 45:11 · BSB

And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

13There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

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