Genesis 47:12

12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.

Genesis 47:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
ESV
12 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
NLT
12 And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.
MSG
12 Joseph took good care of them - his father and brothers and all his father's family, right down to the smallest baby. He made sure they had plenty of everything.
CSB
12 And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food for their dependents.

Genesis 47:12 In-Context

10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.
12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.
13 There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.
14 Joseph collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to Pharaoh’s palace.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 45:11
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