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.

According to their families

Bible References

His father

Matthew 15:4
For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'
1 Timothy 4:8
Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn first to show piety towards their own homes and to prove their gratitude to their parents; for this is well pleasing in the sight of God.

According to their families

1 Thessalonians 2:7
On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children.