Bible Verses About Family

Genesis 46:3

“He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.”

Genesis 46:5

“Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.”

Genesis 46:29

“Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.”

Genesis 46:31

“Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.”

Genesis 46:34

“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.””

Genesis 47:1

“Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.””

Genesis 47:3

“Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.””

Genesis 47:5

“Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.”

Genesis 47:6

“The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.””

Genesis 47:7

“Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.”

Genesis 47:9

“Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.””

Genesis 47:11

“Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”

Genesis 47:12

“Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.”

Genesis 47:30

“but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” He said, “I will do as you have said.””

Genesis 48:1

“After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.”

Genesis 48:6

“Your issue, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.”

Genesis 48:9

“Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.””

Genesis 48:15

“He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,”

Genesis 48:16

“the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.””

Genesis 48:17

“When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.”