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Genesis 45:11

WEB

11There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’

KJV

11And 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.

BSB

11And 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.’

FBV

11I'll make sure you have food, because there are still five more years of famine to come. Otherwise you and your family and your animals are going to starve.’”

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Genesis 47:12

12Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household with bread, according to the sizes of their families.


Matthew 15:5-6

5But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,” 6he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.


Genesis 47:6

6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”


1 Timothy 5:4

4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is[+] in the sight of God.


Mark 7:9-12

9He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’”[+] that is to say, given to God, 12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,