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 you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.
His father
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death:
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profits for a little while: 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 them learn first to show piety at home, and so repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
According to their families
Genesis 47:1
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, 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.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
General references
Genesis 45:11
And there will I nourish you; for yet there are five years of famine; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.