And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near unto me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have:
Genesis 47:12 - King James 2000 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with food, according to their families. 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. |
And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near unto me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have:
And there will I nourish you; for yet there are five years of famine; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
And it shall come to pass in the harvest, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Now therefore fear not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.
Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of pitchers.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
For bodily exercise profits for a little while: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and so repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
And he shall be unto you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.