Genesis 47:12
10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
11 So 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.
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
13 There 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.
14 Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
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- BSB
- Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
- KJV
- And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
- WEB
- Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.
- ASV
- And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father`s household, with bread, according to their families.
- DARBY
- And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.
- BLB
- And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the little ones.
- ÅB
- Og Josef forsørget sin far og sine brødre og hele sin fars hus med brød etter barnas tall.
- OTB
- Josef sørget også for mat til sin far, brødre og hele sin fars husstand, i henhold til antallet av deres avhengige.
- B1930
- Og Josef forsørget sin far og sine brødre og hele sin fars hus med brød efter barnas tall.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 45:11
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.’
Read in contextMark 7:10–13
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Read in contextExodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in contextGenesis 47:1
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.”
Read in contextRuth 4:15
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.”
Read in contextMatthew 15:4–6
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Read in contextGenesis 47:21
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
Read in contextGenesis 47:24
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.”
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