Genesis 47:12

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

Young's Literal Translation

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 settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession 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 sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

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

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

Genesis 50:21and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

Ruth 4:15and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee — who is better to thee than seven sons — hath borne him.'

Matthew 15:4for God did command, saying, Honour thy 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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