Genesis 45:11

World English Bible (2000)

There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

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  • Gen 47:12 : 12 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
  • Matt 15:5-6 : 5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:9-9 : 9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"' 12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
  • 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
  • Gen 47:6 : 6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:4-10
    7 verses
    84%

    4Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

    5Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

    6For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

    7God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

    8So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

  • Gen 41:35-36
    2 verses
    78%

    35Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

    36The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

    18Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'

  • Gen 45:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

    13You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."

  • Gen 50:21
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    21Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

  • Gen 47:12-13
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    76%

    12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

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

  • Gen 41:29-31
    3 verses
    76%

    29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

    30There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

    31and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

  • Gen 41:54-55
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    74%

    54The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

  • Gen 42:33
    74%

    33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

  • Gen 42:2
    74%

    2He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

  • Acts 7:11
    73%

    11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

  • Gen 44:23
    73%

    23You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'

  • Gen 42:5
    73%

    5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 43:14
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    14May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

  • Gen 44:21
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    21You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

  • Gen 42:19
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    19If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

  • Gen 43:1
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    1The famine was severe in the land.

  • Deut 11:15
    72%

    15I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full.

  • Gen 47:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

    6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."

  • Gen 47:16
    72%

    16Joseph said, "Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone."

  • Gen 47:24
    72%

    24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."

  • Gen 47:18
    72%

    18When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.