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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,
Father,
Household,
Joseph

Cross References

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nourished.
Ruth 4:15• 15And 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. (Ruth 4:15)
his father.
Ex. 20:12• 12Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Ex. 20:12)
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Matt. 15:4‑6• 4For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
 5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 6And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. (Matt. 15:4‑6)
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Mark 7:10‑13• 10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
 11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
 12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
 13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. (Mark 7:10‑13)
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1 Tim. 4:8• 8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)
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1 Tim. 5:4,8• 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
 8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. (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• 1Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, 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 to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
 24And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and 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 among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her 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."