Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 47:12

12 And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, according to their families .

Or, According to the mouth of the Family: mouth being put for their will or desire, as it is Gen. 24. 57. Isa. 30. 2. as much as every one desired, without any restraint: Or, according to the manner of a little child, he put their meat into their very mouths, it was brought to them without any more care or pains of theirs than an infant takes for its food.

Marginal references: Or, as a little child is nourished.; Heb. according to the li[illegible: 1+ letters]le ones.