Genesis 45:11

And I will nourish you there: for the famine is yet for five years; lest you be consumed, and your sons, and all your possessions.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And you shall dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; and you shall be near me, you and your sons, and your sons' sons, your sheep and your oxen, and whatever things are your.

12Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:6Behold, the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brethren in the best land.

Genesis 50:21And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families: and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:2-16

Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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