Genesis 47:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

KJV

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.according…: or, as a little child is nourished: Heb. according to the little ones

WEB

Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.

ASV

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.

DRC

And he nourished them, and all his father’s house, allowing food to every one.

GNV

And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.

JPS

And Joseph sustained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of their little ones.

LXXE

And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָ֔יו וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו לֶ֖חֶם לְפִ֥י הַטָּֽף׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, καὶ παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, σῖτον κατὰ σῶμα.

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• 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.’
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
• 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.
• Mark 7:10–13For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me…
• Matthew 15:4–6For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a…
• 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 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.
• 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.”
• 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.
• 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.”
• 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.”

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