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
His father
According to their families
General references
Bible References
Nourished
Ruth 4:15
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy soul and a sustainer in thy old age, for thy daughter-in-law, whom thou doth love, who is better to thee than seven sons, has given birth.
His father
Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lengthened upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whosoever curses father or mother shall most definitely die.
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let those learn first to govern their house in piety and to recompense their parents, for this is honest and pleasing before God.
According to their families
Genesis 47:1
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren and their sheep and their cows and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, as a mother feeding and caring for her children,
General references
Genesis 45:11
And there I will nourish thee, for yet there are five years of famine, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish of poverty.