Genesis 47:12
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Read in contextMark 7:10–13
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Read in contextExodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Read in contextGenesis 47:1
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Read in contextRuth 4:15
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
Read in contextMatthew 15:4–6
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Read in contextGenesis 47:21
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Read in contextGenesis 47:24
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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