King James Version
Genesis 45:11 in the King James Version says “And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou h...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And 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.”
Genesis 45:11 · KJV
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
And 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.
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And there will I nourish”
H3557properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“and all that thou hast come to poverty”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
“lest thou and thy household”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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