Genesis 47:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.”
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“Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father <FI>with<Fi> bread, according to the mouth of the infants.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 47:12 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 45:7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- Genesis 45:10You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
- Genesis 45:11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
- Genesis 47:1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
- Genesis 47:21and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
- Genesis 47:24At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”
- Genesis 50:21Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
- Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Ruth 4:15He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
- Isaiah 22:24So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
- Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
- 1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
- 1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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