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


In Context

8 So now it was not you that sent me here, but God: and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

9 Haste you, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus said your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt: come down to me, tarry not:

10 And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have:

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

12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

13 And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall haste and bring down my father here.

Genesis 45:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:11And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

45:11I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:11And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, should come to poverty.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.|'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

45:11and I have nourished thee there — for yet are five years of famine — lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.