Genesis 50:15

Now that he was dead, his brothers were afraid, and they said to one another: “Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he suffered and requite us for all the evil that 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 with his brothers and all those of his company, having buried his father.

16So they sent a message to him, saying: “Your father instructed us before he died,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.

Genesis 42:17Therefore, he delivered them into custody for three days.

Leviticus 26:36And whoever of you will remain, I will send terror into their hearts in the regions of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf will terrify them, and so they will flee, as if from the sword. They will fall, though no one pursues.

Psalms 14:5He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent. He who does these things will be undisturbed for eternity.

Proverbs 28:1The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.

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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