according to their families] Or, as a little child is nourished. Heb. even to the mouth of the little one. That is, from the greatest to the least; or with such tendernesse as that wherewith a Nurse feedeth her little one; or with as little care, or paines to Jacob and his off-spring, as children use in providing for themselves: a figurative speech, importing Josephs great care for them, and their secure confidence for provision by his meanes; and an evident proofe of Gods gracious providence, in sustaining his Church with fulnesse among strangers, and by their Religion enemies unto it, when they themselves were scanted in allowance.