Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, 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.
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.
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 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 Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families. 13 There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
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Cross References
Genesis 45:11
There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
Genesis 47:1
Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen."
Genesis 47:21
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
Genesis 47:24
It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, 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 in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Ruth 4:15
He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in 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 said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
Mark 7:10-13
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were like children among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, 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 towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.