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 to you as a restorer of life, and one who cheers your old age. For your daughter-in-law who loves you has borne him, she who is better to you than seven sons.
His father
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by 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 a little, but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be godly to their own house, and give back to their forebears what is due them; for that is good and pleasing 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, have come out of the land of Canaan.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse warmly cherishes her children.
General references
Genesis 45:11
And I will nourish you there, for there are still five years of famine, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.