Genesis 50:20
And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for am I in the place of God?
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 45:5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
Psalms 76:10Surely the inward thought of man shall praise thee, even the residue of inward thought will observe a festival to thee.
Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes.
Acts 2:23this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,
Acts 3:26To you first, having raised up his Boy Jesus, God sent him blessing you, in turning away each man from your evils.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:16-22
Joseph Comforts His Brethren. ( b. c. 1689.) 15 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. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God… Read the whole commentary →