Genesis 47:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

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  • Gen 45:11 : 11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
  • Gen 47:1 : 1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.
  • Gen 47:21 : 21 And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.
  • Gen 47:24 : 24 And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Ruth 4:15 : 15 He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • Mark 7:10-13 : 10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, 12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
  • 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
  • 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.
  • 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:11
    82%

    11 And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

  • Gen 47:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

    14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 50:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

    8 And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 47:5-7
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    78%

    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

    6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • Gen 47:17
    77%

    17 So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

  • Gen 47:1
    77%

    1 Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 41:54-57
    4 verses
    76%

    54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

    56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

    57 And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

  • Gen 50:21
    76%

    21 So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

  • Gen 42:25
    76%

    25 Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

  • Gen 46:31
    76%

    31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 45:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

    11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

  • Gen 50:14
    76%

    14 And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

  • Gen 43:2
    76%

    2 And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Gen 42:6
    76%

    6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 44:1
    75%

    1 Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;

  • Gen 42:3
    75%

    3 So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 39:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

    6 And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

  • Gen 37:12
    75%

    12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Acts 7:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

    11 Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

  • Gen 43:17
    74%

    17 Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.