Genesis 50:21
So I say again, do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat.” In that way he reassured them and made made them feel much better.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
22Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.
Cross References
Genesis 34:3He [SYN] was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him.
Genesis 45:10You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me.
Genesis 47:12Joseph also provided food for all his father’s family. The amounts that he gave them were according to how many children each of them had.
Isaiah 40:2Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their sins.”
Matthew 6:14“ Forgive the people who sin against you, because, if you forgive other people, God, your Father who is in heaven, will forgive your sins.
1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure that none of you does evil things to anyone who has done evil to you. On the contrary, you must always try to do good things for each other (OR, to fellow believers) and to everyone else.
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 →