Genesis 50:15

Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for 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 when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

Genesis 42:17So he put them in prison for three days.

Leviticus 26:36And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;

Psalms 14:5Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

Proverbs 28:1The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the 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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