Genesis 50:21
Feare not nowe therefore, I will nourish you, and your children: and hee comforted them, and spake kindly vnto them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
22So Ioseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his fathers house: and Ioseph liued an hundreth and tenne yeere.
Cross References
Genesis 34:3So his heart claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iaakob: and he loued the maide, and spake kindely vnto the maide.
Genesis 45:10And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.
Genesis 47:12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.
Isaiah 40:2Speake comfortably to Ierusalem, and crye vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for she hath receiued of the Lords hand double for all her sinnes.
Matthew 6:14For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer follow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.
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 →