Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers realized that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will now hate us and fully punish us for all the evil which we did to him!”

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

16They sent this message to him: “Your father commanded before he died,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18When they saw him in the distance, before he came to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

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

Psalms 14:5Sore afraid will they be; for God is among those who are righteous,

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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