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Genesis 45

Gen. 45:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there will I nourish
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
thee; for yet there are five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
of famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
; lest thou, and thy 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
, and all that thou hast, come to poverty
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 47:6,12• 6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. And if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
 12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household with bread, according to their families. (Gen. 47:6,12)
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Matt. 15:5‑6• 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. 15:5‑6)
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Mark 7:9‑12• 9And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe your own tradition.
 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, (Mark 7:9‑12)
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1 Tim. 5:4• 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. (1 Tim. 5:4)
• How complete is the deliverance wrought out by Joseph! It was not only "a great deliverance," as he called it in verse 7, but he spoke in verse 11 of nourishing those he had delivered. It is "forgiveness of sins, and inheritance" (Acts 26:18). The debt paid and a fortune to go on with. (“Joseph and His Brethren: Part 6” by F.T. Heath)
• Our salvation, if only from judgment, would indeed be "great," "a great deliverance"; but nothing, absolutely nothing, in comparison to all the infinite gain that is ours, in that the One who delivered us by dying, now nourishes us in life. Joseph had passed through death in figure, and it had saved them; and now their life, safety, and fortune were dependent on him in life. He lived and prospered - they lived and prospered also. If we have been reconciled by the death of God's Son when enemies, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life (Rom. 5:10). And we live on account of Him (John 6:57). (“Joseph and His Brethren: Part 6” by F.T. Heath)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

W. Kelly Translation

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And there will I nourish thee, for [there are] yet five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou and thy household and all that thou hast.