Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Nourished

According to their families

General references

Bible References

Nourished

Ruth 4:15
So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age, - for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.

His father

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father, and thy mother, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
Matthew 15:4
For, God, said - Honour thy father and thy mother, and - He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die!
Mark 7:10
For, Moses, said - Honour thy father and thy mother, and - He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die, -
1 Timothy 4:8
For, the bodily training, for little, is profitable, whereas, godliness, for all things is profitable, - having, promise, of life - the present and the coming.
1 Timothy 5:4
Howbeit, if, any widow, hath, children or grandchildren, let them be learning - first, unto their own house, to be shewing reverence, and, returns, to be making unto their progenitors; for, this, is acceptable before God;

According to their families

Genesis 47:1
So 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 in from the land of Canaan, - and, here they are, in the land of Goshen.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we became gentle in your midst, - as though, a nursing mother, had been cherishing her own children:

General references

Genesis 45:11
so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine, - lest thou come to poverty - thou and thy house and all who are thine.