Genesis 47:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.”
Genesis 47:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 47:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 47:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.”
Genesis 47:12 — World English Bible
Genesis 47:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. ”
Genesis 47:12 — American Standard Version
Genesis 47:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father <FI>with<Fi> bread, according to the mouth of the infants.”
Genesis 47:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 47:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones. ”
Genesis 47:12 — Darby Translation
Genesis 47:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.”
Genesis 47:12 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 47:12 in Context — Genesis 47
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
What Does Genesis 47:12 Mean?
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