Chuàngshìjì 47:12

12 Yūesè yòng liángshi fèng yǎng tā fùqin hé tā dìxiōng , bìng tā fùqin quán jiā de juànshǔ , dōu shì zhào gè jiā de rénkǒu fèng yǎng tāmen .

Chuàngshìjì 47:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:12

And. Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and his
father's household, with bread
For though there might be in Rameses pasture sufficient for their cattle, yet not corn for their families, the famine still continuing; during which time Joseph, as a dutiful and affectionate son, and as a kind brother, supplied them with all necessary provision, signified by bread: according to [their] families;
according to the number of them, some of his brethren having more and others less in their families; and in proportion to their number he distributed food unto them, so that there was no want: or "according to the mouth of an infant" ^F1; he nourished them like infants, he put as it were the bread into their mouths, and fed them with as much care and tenderness as infants are fed; and they had no more care to provide food for themselves than children have, such a full and constant supply was handed forth to them: in this Joseph was an eminent type of Christ, who supplies the wants of his people.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (Pjh ypl) "ad os parvuli", Montanus, Schmidt.

Chuàngshìjì 47:12 In-Context

10 Yǎgè yòu gĕi fǎlǎo zhùfú , jiù cóng fǎlǎo miànqián chū qù le .

11 Yūesè zūn zhe fǎlǎo de méng , bǎ Āijí guó zuì hǎo de dì , jiù shì Lánsāijìng neì de dì , gĕi tā fùqin hé dìxiōng jūzhù , zuòwéi chǎnyè .

12 Yūesè yòng liángshi fèng yǎng tā fùqin hé tā dìxiōng , bìng tā fùqin quán jiā de juànshǔ , dōu shì zhào gè jiā de rénkǒu fèng yǎng tāmen .

13 Jīhuāng shèn dà , quán dì dōu jué le liáng , shènzhì Āijí dì hé Jiānán dì de rén yīn nà jīhuāng de yuángù dōu è hūn le .

14 Yūesè shōujù le Āijí dì hé Jiānán dì suǒyǒude yínzi , jiù shì zhòngrén dí liáng de yínzi , Yūesè jiù bǎ nà yínzi daì dào fǎlǎo de gōng lǐ .