Genesis 47:12

And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his father’s house,—with bread, according to the need of their little ones.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 then Joseph fixed the dwelling of his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt in the best of the land. in the land of Rameses,—as Pharaoh had commanded.

13But, bread, was there none in all the land,—for the famine was, very severe,—so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine,

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Cross References

Genesis 45:7So then God sent me before you, to plant for you a remainder in the earth,—and to save you alive, by a great deliverance,

Genesis 45:11so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine,—lest thou come to poverty—thou and thy house and all who are thine.

Genesis 47:21And as for the people, he brought them into bondage as servants,—from one end of the boundary of Egypt unto the other end thereof.

Genesis 50:21Now, therefore do not fear! I will nourish you and your little ones. Thus he consoled them, and spake unto their heart.

Ruth 4:15So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age,—for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.

Matthew 15:4For, God, said—Honour thy father and thy mother, and—He that revileth father or mother, let him, 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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