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Genesis 47:12

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He also provided food for all of them—his father, his brothers, and his father's whole household—depending on family size.

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You'll live in the land of Goshen so you can be close to me with your children and grandchildren, and with your flocks and herds and everything that belongs to you.

I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise you and your family and your animals are going to starve.’”

God sent me ahead of you to make sure you would still have descendants, to save your lives in this miraculous way.

Joseph went to report to Pharaoh and told him, “My father and brothers, along with their flocks and herds and all their possessions, have arrived from the land of Canaan and now they're here in Goshen.”

and all the people became his slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.

However, when it's harvested, you have to give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you can keep as seed for the fields and as food for you, your households, and your children.”

So don't worry. I'll go on taking care of you and your children.” Speaking kindly like this he calmed them down.

Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

The heavy burden of his father's family will hang on him—all the descendants and the inlaws—all the little containers, bowls and all kinds of jars.

but instead we acted kindly among you, like a mother caring for her own children.

for while physical exercise is useful to some extent, spiritual exercise is much more useful. For “it has promise for the present life, and for the life to come.”

For the Christian responsibility of a widow's children or grandchildren is to do their duty for their own family, and repay their parents by helping them out. This is what pleases God.

But those who don't look after their relatives, especially their own family, have denied their beliefs, and are worse than those who don't believe.

He will give you a new lease on life and provide for you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better than seven sons to you, has given birth to him.”




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