Genesis 47:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Joseph supplied his father and his brethren and all his father's household with food, according to [the needs of] their families.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

Common English Bible

¹² Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and his father’s entire household, in proportion to the number of children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And he fed them, along with all his father's house, providing portions of food to each one.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

Genesis 47:12 Cross References

Genesis 45:10

you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have;

Genesis 45:11

and there I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come; lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.’

Genesis 45:7

And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

Genesis 47:1

So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; they are now in the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 47:21

and as for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.

Genesis 47:24

And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”

Genesis 50:21

So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he reassured them and comforted them.

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.

Isaiah 22:24

And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a nurse taking care of her children.

1 Timothy 4:8

for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

1 Timothy 5:4

If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:8

If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Ruth 4:15

He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.”