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.'


In Context

8 "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

9 Now hurry back to my father and say to him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don't delay.

10 You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me-you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

11 I 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.'

12 "You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is really I who am speaking to you.

13 Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly."

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:11And 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.