Genesis 47:12

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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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:7God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

Genesis 45:11And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

Genesis 47:21And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.

Genesis 50:21So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Ruth 4:15He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.

Matthew 15:4For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:2-13

Pharaoh's Generosity; Jacob Presented to Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1706.) 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. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 They… Read the whole commentary →

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