Genesis 50:15

Now when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said—Oh! if Joseph should lie in wait for us,—and should return, to us, all the evil wherewith we requited him!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14Then Joseph returned to Egypt he and his brethren and all who had been up with him to bury his father,—after he had buried his father.

16So they sent in charge unto Joseph saying,—Thy father, gave command before he died saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 37:18And they saw him afar off,—and, ere yet he drew near unto them, they conspired against him, to put him to death.

Genesis 42:17So he drew them all together into ward, for three days.

Leviticus 26:36And as for such as are left of you, Then will I bring faintness into their heart, in the lands of their foes,—So that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, And they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword And they shall fall, when no one is pursuing;

Psalms 14:5There have they been in great dread, because, God, is in the circle of the righteous man.

Proverbs 28:1The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.

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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