Thematic Bible: Take care of parents


Thematic Bible



Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, Your son Joseph says this to you: God has put me in charge of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay. You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be close to me -- "you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have. And there I will sustain and provide for you, so that you and your household and all that are yours may not come to poverty and want, for there are yet five [more] years of [the scarcity, hunger, and starvation of] famine.

Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children. Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsAccording To PeopleFamily Strength

But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, “Whatever [money or resource that] I have that would help you is [already dedicated and] given to God,” Verse ConceptsGiving To GodMaking VowsNo HelpBeing Devoted to GodmomsFinancesSupportTrust In Relationshipshelpingparenthood


Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children. Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsAccording To PeopleFamily Strength

Hurry and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘Your son Joseph says this to you: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPeople Who DelayedHurrying Others On