Genesis 47:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

Genesis 45:10

The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

Genesis 45:11

And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

Genesis 45:7

God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

Genesis 47:1

Then Joseph went to Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all they have, are come from Canaan, and are now in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 47:21

And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.

Genesis 47:24

And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.

Genesis 50:21

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Exodus 20:12

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Isaiah 22:24

And all the glory of his father's family will be hanging on him, all their offspring, every small vessel, even the cups and the basins.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

1 Timothy 4:8

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

1 Timothy 5:8

If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

Ruth 4:15

He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.