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Genesis 47:12

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

And Joseph {H3130} nourished {H3557} his father {H1}, and his brethren {H251}, and all his father's {H1} household {H1004}, with bread {H3899}, according {H6310} to their families {H2945}.

Yosef provided food for his father, his brothers and all his father's household, taking full care of even the youngest.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 45:11 (4 votes)

    And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are] five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

  • 1 Timothy 4:8 (2 votes)

    For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

  • Ruth 4:15 (2 votes)

    And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

  • Genesis 47:24 (2 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

  • Genesis 47:21 (2 votes)

    And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (2 votes)

    ¶ But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

  • 1 Timothy 5:4 (2 votes)

    But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.