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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/47.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/47.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father&#8217s household with food, according to the number of their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/47.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/47.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/47.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/47.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to <i>their</i> families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/47.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in <i>their</i> families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/47.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/47.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father&#8217s household with food, according to their little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/47.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to their little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/47.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to their little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/47.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Joseph provided <i>and</i> supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/47.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s family with food for their dependents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/47.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father&#8217s household with food for their dependents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/47.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/47.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Joseph also provided food for their families. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/47.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/47.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Joseph also provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's family with food based on the number of children they had.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/47.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father's family, including the very youngest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/47.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, proportionate to the number of young children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/47.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father?s household with food for their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/47.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according to the number of their little children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/47.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all of his father?s household, according to the number of their dependents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/47.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/47.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/47.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Joseph nourishes his father, and his brothers, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/47.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father with bread, according to the mouth of the infants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/47.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph will nourish his father and his brethren, and all the house of his father, with bread according to the mouth of the little ones.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/47.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/47.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he fed them, along with all his father’s house, providing portions of food to each one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/47.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph provided food for his father and brothers and his father’s whole household, down to the youngest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/47.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/47.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Joseph supplied his father and his brothers and all his father's household with wheat according to their families.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/47.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yoseph sustained his father and his brothers and all the house of his father with grain, according to family.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/47.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Joseph sustained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of their little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/47.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/47-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=12328" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/47.htm">Jacob Settles in Goshen</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>So 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. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: yō·w·sêp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">Joseph also</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3557.htm" title="3557: way·ḵal·kêl (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To comprehend, contain. A primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain.">provided</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’e·ḥāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">household</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">with food</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2945.htm" title="2945: haṭ·ṭāp̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Children. From taphaph; a family.">their families.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Genesis 45:11</a></span><br />And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-21.htm">Genesis 50:21</a></span><br />Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Exodus 16:35</a></span><br />The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Psalm 37:25</a></span><br />I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Psalm 105:16-17</a></span><br />He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. / He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/111-5.htm">Psalm 111:5</a></span><br />He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm">Proverbs 10:3</a></span><br />The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-16.htm">Isaiah 33:16</a></span><br />he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Isaiah 58:7</a></span><br />Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Matthew 6:11</a></span><br />Give us this day our daily bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Matthew 6:25-26</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br />Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32-35</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” / “Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.</p><p class="hdg">nourished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/4-15.htm">Ruth 4:15</a></b></br> And he shall be unto thee a restorer of <i>thy</i> life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.</p><p class="hdg">his father.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a></b></br> Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/15-4.htm">Matthew 15:4-6</a></b></br> For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/7-10.htm">Mark 7:10-13</a></b></br> For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: … </p><p class="hdg">according to their families.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Genesis 47:1,21,24</a></b></br> Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they <i>are</i> in the land of Goshen… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:7</a></b></br> But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/45-23.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Care</a> <a href="/genesis/46-25.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/45-18.htm">Families</a> <a href="/genesis/46-31.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/45-23.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/46-31.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/46-31.htm">Household</a> <a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Little</a> <a href="/acts/25-19.htm">Maintained</a> <a href="/genesis/45-12.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/genesis/42-33.htm">Needs</a> <a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Nourished</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm">Nourisheth</a> <a href="/genesis/46-5.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/genesis/43-24.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/genesis/27-37.htm">Sustained</a> <a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/genesis/48-15.htm">Care</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Families</a> <a href="/genesis/48-17.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/47-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Household</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/genesis/47-14.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Little</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-32.htm">Maintained</a> <a href="/exodus/4-11.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Needs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Nourished</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm">Nourisheth</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/numbers/31-5.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-32.htm">Sustained</a> <a href="/exodus/16-8.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 47</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Joseph presents his father, and five of his brothers before Pharaoh.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">He gives them habitation and maintenance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">He gets the Egyptian's money;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-16.htm">their cattle;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-18.htm">and their lands, except the priests', to Pharaoh.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">He restores the land for a fifth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-28.htm">Jacob's age.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act of provision is significant in the context of the famine that has gripped the land. Joseph's actions reflect the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would be preserved. Joseph's role as a provider is a type of Christ, who provides for His people spiritually and physically.<p><b>and all his father’s household</b><br>The term "household" includes not only immediate family but also extended family and servants. This reflects the patriarchal structure of ancient Near Eastern societies, where the family unit was central to social and economic life. Joseph's care for the entire household underscores the importance of family unity and responsibility.<p><b>with food for their families</b><br>The provision of food during a time of severe famine highlights Joseph's wisdom and foresight, as he had previously stored grain during the years of plenty. This act of provision is reminiscent of God's provision for the Israelites in the wilderness with manna. It also foreshadows the spiritual sustenance that Christ provides, as He is the "bread of life" (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>). The physical sustenance Joseph provides is a tangible expression of God's faithfulness and care for His covenant people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>The son of Jacob who rose to power in Egypt. He is a key figure in this passage, demonstrating his role as a provider for his family during a time of famine.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The father of Joseph and his brothers. He and his household have come to Egypt to escape the famine in Canaan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph's_brothers.htm">Joseph's Brothers</a></b><br>The siblings of Joseph who, despite their earlier betrayal, are now recipients of his provision and care.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where Joseph has become a powerful leader under Pharaoh. It serves as a place of refuge and provision for Jacob's family during the famine.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/famine.htm">Famine</a></b><br>A severe shortage of food that has affected the entire region, prompting Jacob's family to seek sustenance in Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_through_human_agents.htm">God's Provision Through Human Agents</a></b><br>Joseph's role in providing for his family illustrates how God often uses people to fulfill His purposes and meet the needs of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/forgiveness_and_reconciliation.htm">Forgiveness and Reconciliation</a></b><br>Joseph's actions towards his brothers demonstrate forgiveness and reconciliation, key themes in Christian teaching.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_adversity.htm">Faithfulness in Adversity</a></b><br>Joseph's faithfulness in adversity led to his ability to provide for his family, reminding believers to remain steadfast in trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_responsibility.htm">Family Responsibility</a></b><br>The passage underscores the importance of caring for one's family, a principle echoed throughout Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>Joseph's account encourages believers to trust in God's overarching plan, even when circumstances seem dire.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_47.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 47</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_non-biblical_record_of_gen_47.htm">Why is there no clear non-biblical documentation of both a severe seven-year famine and the Hebrews thriving in Egypt (Genesis 47)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_joseph's_high_rank_in_egypt.htm">Is there archaeological proof that Joseph was elevated to such a high rank in Egypt as described in Genesis 47:1-6?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_these_dreams_reflect_ancient_beliefs.htm">(Genesis 37:5-10) Do these dreams realistically align with ancient cultural beliefs, or do they suggest later embellishments inserted into the text?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_brought_joseph_to_egypt.htm">Who brought Joseph to Egypt: the Ishmaelites who bought him (Genesis 37:28), the Midianites who sold him (Genesis 37:36), or his brothers who sold him (Genesis 45:4)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/47.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">According to their families.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">according to the </span>"<span class= "ital">taf" </span>This, as we have seen above, means "according to the clan or body of dependants possessed by each one." Dan, with his one child, would have been starved to death if the allowance for himself and his household had depended upon the number of his "little ones," which is the usual translation of this word in the Authorised Version. (See margin.)<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/47.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Joseph nourished</span> <span class="accented">-</span> <span class="greek">ἐσιτομέτρει</span> (LXX.), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> gave them their measure of corn - <span class="cmt_word">his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families</span> - literally, to, or accord<span class="accented">ing to, the mouth of the little ones</span>, meaning either in proportion to the size of their families (LXX., Keil, Kalisch, Murphy), or with all the tenderness with which a parent provides for his offspring (Murphy), or the whole body of them, from the greatest even to the least (Calvin), or completely, down even to the food for their children ('Speaker's Commentary'). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/47-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Joseph also</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹסֵף֙</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">provided</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְכַלְכֵּ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḵal·kêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3557.htm">Strong's 3557: </a> </span><span class="str2">To keep in, to measure, to maintain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">household</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with food</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶ֖חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(le·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[their] families.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטָּֽף׃</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2945.htm">Strong's 2945: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/47-12.htm">Genesis 47:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/47-12.htm">OT Law: Genesis 47:12 Joseph nourished his father his brothers (Gen. 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