Genesis 45:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

Common English Bible

I will support you there, so you, your household, and everyone with you won’t starve, since the famine will still last five years.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And there I will pasture you, (for there are still five years of famine remaining) lest both you and your house perish, along with all that you possess.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining): lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 45:11 Cross References

Genesis 45:12

And now your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my own mouth that speaks to you.

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

Genesis 50:21

So have no fear; I myself will provide for you and your little ones.” In this way he reassured them, speaking kindly to them.

Esther 10:3

For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was powerful among the Jews and popular with his many kindred, for he sought the good of his people and interceded for the welfare of all his descendants.

1 Timothy 5:4

If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents, for this is pleasing in God’s sight.