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Genesis 47

Gen. 47:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
nourished
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, and all his father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
household
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, with bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
, ζaccording
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
to their families
taph (Hebrew #2945)
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
KJV usage: (little) children (ones), families.
Pronounce: taf
Origin: from 2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)
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according to the little ones; or, as a little child is nourished.

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Bread,
Brethren,
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Household,
Joseph

Cross References

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nourished.
Ruth 4:15• 15He shall be 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. (Ruth 4:15)
his father.
Ex. 20:12• 12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. (Ex. 20:12)
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Matt. 15:4‑6• 4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
 5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:
 6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching. (Matt. 15:4‑6)
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Mark 7:10‑13• 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
 11But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, It is corban, that is, gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 12and ye suffer him no more to do anything for his father or his mother,
 13making void the word of God through your traditions which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. (Mark 7:10‑13)
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1 Tim. 4:8• 8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of life that is now and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)
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1 Tim. 5:4,8• 4but if any widow hath children or descendants, let them learn first to show piety toward their own house and render requital to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
 8But if one doth not provide for his own and especially his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Tim. 5:4,8)
according to their families.
or, as a little child isnourished.
Heb. according to the little ones.
Gen. 47:1,21,24• 1And Joseph went in and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their cattle and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and behold they are in the land of Goshen.
 21And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end of it.
 24And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh, and the four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. (Gen. 47:1,21,24)
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1 Thess. 2:7• 7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children; (1 Thess. 2:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "according to the family."

W. Kelly Translation

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