Genesis 47:12

Genesis 47:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
• New International Version (NIV)Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.

Context of Genesis 47:12

10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence. 11So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families. 13There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine. 14Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

Genesis 47:12 word by word

וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָ֔יו וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו לֶ֖חֶם לְפִ֥י הַטָּֽף׃Read the interlinear

• Joseph alsoיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• providedכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• with foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• forפֶּהpeh · lip: accordingH6310
• familiesטַףţaph · childH2945

Cross-references for Genesis 47:12

• Ruth 4:15He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
• Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
• Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
• 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
• 1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
• Genesis 47:1So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

Commentaries on Genesis 47:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-31Verses 1-31 - Jacob in Goshen 11. רעמסס ra‛mesês Rameses “son of the sun.” 31. מטה mı̂ṭṭāh “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh “staff.” Arrangements are now made for the settlement of Israel in Goshen. The administration of Joseph during the remaining years of the famine is then recorded. For the whole of this period his father and brothers are subject to him, as their political superior, according to the reading of his early dreams. We then approach to the death-bed…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 With the gravity of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob besought the Lord to bestow a blessing upon Pharaoh. He acted as a man not ashamed of his religion; and who would express gratitude to the benefactor of himself and his family. We have here a very uncommon answer given to a very common question. Jacob calls his life a pilgrimage; the sojourning of a stranger in a foreign country, or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12This section marks a transition as the family moved from Canaan to Goshen, where they would live for the next 400years.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. Joseph ... told Pharaoh, My father and my brethren--Joseph furnishes a beautiful example of a man who could bear equally well the extremes of prosperity and adversity. High as he was, he did not forget that he had a superior. Dearly as he loved his father and anxiously as he desired to provide for the whole family, he would not go into the arrangements he had planned for their stay in Goshen until he had obtained the sanction of his royal master.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 47:12

• Children
• Hospitality
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Nepotism

In the dictionaries

• Exchange
• Fail
• Nourish
• Pilgrimage
• Portion
• Accord; According; Accordingly
• Agrarian Laws
• Antediluvian Patriarchs
• Genesis
• Jacob (1)

Commentaries on Genesis 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings