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 thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thy old age: for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
His father
Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoever curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to 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 hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite 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 brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come from 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 cherisheth her children:
General references
Genesis 45:11
And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, should come to poverty.