Genesis 47:12

Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according the number of their dependents.

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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

11Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them a territory in the land of Egypt, the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

13Now there was no food in all the land; for the famine was severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:7God sent me ahead of you to preserve you as a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

Genesis 45:11I will provide for you there, for there are still five years of famine, so that you do not come to poverty, you, your household, and all that you have.”'

Genesis 47:21As for the people, he made them slaves from one end of Egypt's border to the other end.

Genesis 50:21So now do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” He comforted them in this way and spoke kindly to their hearts.

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

Matthew 15:4For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother, will surely die.'

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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