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

10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from his presence. 11So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to their little ones. 13Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

Genesis 47:12 word by word

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

• Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• providedכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and his brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• accordingפֶּהpeh · lip: accordingH6310
• to their littleטַףţaph · childH2945

Cross-references for Genesis 47:12

• Ruth 4:15May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
• Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
• Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’
• Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’;
• 1 Timothy 4:8for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
• 1 Timothy 5:4but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
• Genesis 47:1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own 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