Genesis 47:12
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And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

Genesis 45:11
And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 50:21
Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.

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And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

nourished.

Ruth 4:15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.

his father.

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Matthew 15:4-6 Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. . . .

Mark 7:10-13 For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die. . . .

1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

1 Timothy 5:4,8 But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents; for this is acceptable before God. . . .

according to their families.

Genesis 47:1,21,24 Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:7 Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:

Context
Jacob Settles in Goshen
11But Joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in Egypt, in the best place of the land, in Ramesses, as Pharao had commanded. 12And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.
Lexicon
Joseph also
יוֹסֵף֙ (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

provided
וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל (way·ḵal·kêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

his father
אָבִ֣יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

brothers
אֶחָ֔יו (’e·ḥāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his father’s
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

household
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

with food
לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

for
לְפִ֥י (lə·p̄î)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

[their] families.
הַטָּֽף׃ (haṭ·ṭāp̄)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2945: A family


Additional Translations
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

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

And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.

And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.

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

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

Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the infants.
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