Genesis 45:11
Good News Translation
If you are in Goshen, I can take care of you. There will still be five years of famine; and I do not want you, your family, and your livestock to starve.'"

New Revised Standard Version
I will provide for you there—since there are five more years of famine to come—so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.’

Contemporary English Version
I will take care of you there during the next five years of famine. But if you don't come, you and your family and your animals will starve to death."

New American Bible
I will provide for you there in the five years of famine that lie ahead, so that you and your household and all that are yours will not suffer want.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

Genesis 47:6,12 The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle. . . .

Matthew 15:5,6 But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. . . .

Mark 7:9-12 And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. . . .

1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.

Context
Joseph Sends for His Father
10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast. 11And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.12Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you.…
Cross References
Genesis 45:12
Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you.

Genesis 47:12
And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

Genesis 50:21
Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.

Genesis 45:10
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