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Genesis 47:12

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ σῖτον κατὰ σῶμα.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְכַלְכֵּ֤ל יוֹסֵף֙ אֶת אָבִ֣י/ו וְ/אֶת אֶחָ֔י/ו וְ/אֵ֖ת כָּל בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י/ו לֶ֖חֶם לְ/פִ֥י הַ/טָּֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
י
y
noun · 496×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ךָ
k
verb · 37×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
נוּ
nv
noun · 42×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:4 — But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
  • Gen 45:11 — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
  • Gen 45:11 — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
  • Gen 50:21 — Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
  • Ruth 4:15 — And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy 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.