Genesis 45:11

11 I will provide for you there, so that you won't become poverty-stricken, you, your household and all that you have; because five years of famine are yet to come."'

Genesis 45:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:11

And there will I nourish thee
Provide for him and his family:

for yet [there are] five years of famine;
still to come, two of the seven only being past:

lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty;
his whole posterity be consumed, as it would be in all probability, if he did not procure food for his family during the famine.

Genesis 45:11 In-Context

9 Hurry, go up to my father, and tell him, 'Here is what your son Yosef says: "God has made me lord of all Egypt! Come down to me, don't delay!

10 You will live in the land of Goshen and be near me - you, your children, your grandchildren, flocks, herds, everything you own.

11 I will provide for you there, so that you won't become poverty-stricken, you, your household and all that you have; because five years of famine are yet to come."'

12 Here! Your own eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Binyamin, that it is my own mouth speaking to you.

13 Tell my father how honored I am in Egypt and everything you have seen, and quickly bring my father down here!"