Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with food, according to 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.
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.
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.
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 placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with food, according to their families. 13 And there was no food in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
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Cross 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.
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.
Genesis 47:21
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Genesis 47:24
And it shall come to pass in the harvest, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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.
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.
Matthew 15:4-6
For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
Mark 7:10-13
For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death:
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
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.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.