Genesis 47:12
Genesis chapter 47 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
Context
v.11And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
v.12This passage
v.13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:
- Ruth 4:15
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
- Matthew 15:4
For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
- Genesis 47:21
And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
- 1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.