Genesis 47:12

and Joseph nourishes his father, and his brothers, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

Literal Standard Version

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 settles his father and his brothers, and gives a possession to them in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;

13And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;

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Cross References

Genesis 45:7and God sends me before you, to place a remnant of you in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

Genesis 45:11and I have nourished you there—for yet [are] five years of famine—lest you become poor, you and your household, and all that you have.

Genesis 47:21as for the people, he has removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even to its [other] end.

Genesis 50:21and now, do not fear: I nourish you and your infants”; and he comforts them, and speaks to their heart.

Ruth 4:15and he has been to you for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who has loved you—who is better to you than seven sons—has borne him.”

Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of 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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