Genesis 47:12
He also provided food for all of them—his father, his brothers, and his father's whole household—depending on family size.
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Genesis 45:7God sent me ahead of you to make sure you would still have descendants, to save your lives in this miraculous way.
Genesis 45:11I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise you and your family and your animals are going to starve.’”
Genesis 47:21and all the people became his slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.
Genesis 50:21So don't worry. I'll go on taking care of you and your children.” Speaking kindly like this he calmed them down.
Ruth 4:15He will give you a new lease on life and provide for you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better than seven sons to you, has given birth to him.”
Matthew 15:4“For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Those who curse their father or mother should 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 →