Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay 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

14After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 42:17So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

Psalms 14:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a 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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