Genesi 47:12

12 E Giuseppe sostentò suo padre, e i suoi fratelli, e tutta la casa di suo padre, provvedendo loro di pane, secondo le bocche delle lor famiglie.

Genesi 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.

Genesi 47:12 In-Context

10 Poi Giacobbe, salutato Faraone, se ne uscì fuori dal suo cospetto.

11 E Giuseppe diede a suo padre, e ai suoi fratelli, stanza e possessione nel paese di Egitto, nel meglio del paese, nella contrada di Rameses, come Faraone avea comandato.

12 E Giuseppe sostentò suo padre, e i suoi fratelli, e tutta la casa di suo padre, provvedendo loro di pane, secondo le bocche delle lor famiglie.

13 OR in tutta la terra non vi era pane; perciocchè la fame era gravissima; e il paese di Egitto, e di Canaan, si veniva meno per la fame.

14 E Giuseppe raccolse tutti i danari che si ritrovarono nel paese di Egitto, e nel paese di Canaan, per lo grano che la gente di que’ paesi comperava; e Giuseppe portò que’ danari in casa di Faraone.