Genesis 45:11

11 I will care for you during the next five years of hunger so that you and your family and all that you have will not starve.'

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 "So leave quickly and go to my father. Tell him, 'Your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all Egypt. Come down to me quickly.

10 Live in the land of Goshen where you will be near me. Your children, your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that you have will also be near me.

11 I will care for you during the next five years of hunger so that you and your family and all that you have will not starve.'

12 "Now you can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that the one speaking to you is really Joseph.

13 So tell my father about how powerful I have become in Egypt. Tell him about everything you have seen. Now hurry and bring him back to me."