Genesis 47:12
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
The famine that had struck Egypt extended to Canaan where Jacob's family was living, leaving them short of food, and Joseph's brothers traveled down to Egypt to buy grain from the abundant supply stored there. Once they were settled in Egypt, Joseph nourished his father and his brothers and all his father's household with bread, supplying food to each family according to its needs. He was free and permitted to provide for them liberally and generously throughout the famine, for his family had been granted a place to live in Egypt, they were not enslaved, and they paid no tax to Pharaoh.
That care extended beyond daily bread to obtaining Pharaoh's permission to settle them in the best part of the country, and he chose Goshen because it was well-watered and fertile, offering good pasture for their flocks and a place where they could worship God undisturbed by Egyptian idolatry. The Israelites dwelt in the country round about Goshen, remaining there until God brought them out of Egypt with power and mighty signs and wonders. This provision made Jacob's last years peaceful, with his sons turned from evil ways and Joseph restored to him, surrounded by every comfort Joseph as prime minister of Egypt could bestow and by the society of his children as he passed gently and calmly toward the grave.
The provision reflected Joseph's deep filial reverence, for he tenderly watched over his father in his declining years and sought in every way to give him comfort. That loving respect for his parent stands as an example for young people.