Genesis 50:15

And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, Let us take heed, lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 to Egypt, he and his brethren, and those that had gone up with him to bury his father.

16And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.

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

Leviticus 26:36And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.

Psalms 14:5He has not lent his money on usury, 1 And has not received bribes against the innocent. 1 He that does these things shall never be moved.

Proverbs 28:1The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: 1 But the righteous is confident as a lion. 1

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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