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 47:12 - English Standard Version 2016 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. Common English Bible 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 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 And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one. |
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.
There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
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.”
As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
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.”
So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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.
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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 given birth to him.”