Genesis 47:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 45:11 : 11 and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
  • Gen 47:1 : 1 Then Joseph went in 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.
  • Gen 47:21 : 21 And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
  • Gen 47:24 : 24 And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth 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.
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
  • Ruth 4:15 : 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:10-13 : 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: 11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ; 12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother; 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
  • 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
  • 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:11
    82%

    11And Joseph placed 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.

  • Gen 47:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

    14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 50:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

    8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 47:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

    6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:17
    77%

    17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

    18and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

  • Gen 47:1
    77%

    1Then Joseph went in 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.

  • Gen 41:54-57
    4 verses
    76%

    54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

    56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

    57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

  • Gen 50:21
    76%

    21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

  • Gen 42:25
    76%

    25Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

  • Gen 46:31
    76%

    31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

  • Gen 45:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

    11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 50:14
    76%

    14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

  • Gen 43:2
    76%

    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 42:6
    76%

    6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 44:1
    75%

    1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

  • Gen 42:3
    75%

    3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 39:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

    6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught [that was] with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.

  • Gen 37:12
    75%

    12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Acts 7:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

    11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

  • Gen 43:17
    74%

    17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.