Genesis 47:12

And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

11But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded.

13For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had op- pressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:7And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.

Genesis 45:11And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining,) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 47:21And all its people from one end of the borders of Egypt, even to the other end thereof,

Genesis 50:21Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.

Ruth 4:15And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.

Matthew 15:4Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the 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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