Genesis 47:12

Translations

Modern

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

Traditional

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

Literal

And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the little ones.

Latin

Et alebat eos, omnemque domum patris sui, præbens cibaria singulis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

Notes

Genesis 45:16–47:12

This section marks a transition as the family moved from Canaan to Goshen, where they would live for the next 400years.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Blessing Symbolic Numbers

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People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Book of Exodus Cattle Famine Genesis, Book of Goshen Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Children: Good: Take Care of Parents Children: Joseph Good Children: Take Care of Parents Hospitality: Pharaoh to Jacob Jacob: The Land of Goshen Assigned To Joseph: Son of Jacob: Reveals Himself to his Brothers Judgments: Saints: Provided For, During Nepotism of Joseph

Genesis 47:12

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