Genesis 50:15

And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did to him.

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In The King James Version

And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

In Context

14And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

16And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18And they saw him afar off. And before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

Genesis 42:17And he put them all together into ward three days.

Leviticus 26:36And as for those who are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as a man flees from the sword, and they shall fall w

Psalms 14:5There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Proverbs 28:1A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:8-15

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great… Read the whole commentary →

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