Genesis 47:12

Joseph also provided food for his father and his brothers and all his father’s household according to the number of their little children.

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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

11So Joseph gave his father and his brothers a place to live in and a home in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, near Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

13There was no bread in all the land; since the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:7God sent me before you to keep you alive through a great deliverance and give you descendants on the earth.

Genesis 45:11and there I will provide for you. Otherwise you, together with your household and all that you have, will starve; for there will be five more years of famine.’

Genesis 47:21As for the people, he moved into the cities throughout the whole territory of Egypt

Genesis 50:21Now therefore do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” He said this kindly, comforting them.

Ruth 4:15This child will restore your vigor and nourish you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is worth more to you than seven sons, has borne a son to Boaz!”

Matthew 15:4For God said – ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who abuses his father or mother must suffer 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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