Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.
New American Standard Bible
Joseph
King James Version
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Holman Bible
And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food for their dependents.
International Standard Version
Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, proportionate to the number of young children.
A Conservative Version
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
American Standard Version
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Amplified
Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children.
Darby Translation
And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.
Julia Smith Translation
And Joseph will nourish his father and his brethren, and all the house of his father, with bread according to the mouth of the little ones.
King James 2000
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with food, according to their families.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all the household of his father with food, according to the number of their children.
Modern King James verseion
And Joseph nourished his father and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, for the mouth of the little ones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Joseph made provision for his father, his brethren, and all his father's household, as young children are fed with bread.
NET Bible
Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according to the number of their little children.
New Heart English Bible
Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
The Emphasized Bible
And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his father's house, - with bread, according to the need of their little ones.
Webster
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to their families.
World English Bible
Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the infants.
Themes
Children » Instances of » Joseph
Children » Good » Take care of parents
Good Children » Take care of parents
jacob » The land of goshen assigned to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 47:12
Prayers for Genesis 47:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Settles In Goshen
11 And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders. 12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families. 13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.
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Cross References
Genesis 45:11
And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
Genesis 47:1
Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 47:21
And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.
Genesis 47:24
And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.
Exodus 20:12
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Ruth 4:15
He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.
Matthew 15:4-6
For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
Mark 7:10-13
For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
1 Timothy 4:8
For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.