Genesis 50:20
You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
21Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
Cross References
Genesis 37:4And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 45:5Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.
Psalms 76:10When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.
Acts 2:23This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.
Acts 3:26To you first God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you; that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.
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 →