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John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 50:15

50:15 And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, {d} Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.(d) An evil conscience is never fully at rest. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:1-26

JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to burial, as in other countries, Joseph gives orders to the physicians to embalm his father. This required forty days, and he was mourned for 70 days (v.3). Much later than this, Egyptian history records that 30 days were required for embalming and 72 days of mourning were held for a king, which are not... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:1-26

CLOSE OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE With the history of Joseph, Genesis concludes what is called the patriarchal age. Yet there are two or three facts for consideration before passing to the next book. THE LIFE OF JUDAH For example, Joseph’s history was interrupted almost at the beginning by that of his brother Judah (chap. 38). Judah’s history is shameful, but recorded because it bears upon the genealogy of Jesus, since Tamar, prostitute though she were, became an ancestress of our blessed Lord... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 50:12-17

How sweet to this purpose are those gospel precepts, and how much the influence of them, arising from the same Almighty SPIRIT'S gift, was on the mind of Joseph! Colossians 3:12-13 ; Matthew 6:12-15 ; Ephesians 4:31-32 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:15-21

15-21 Various motives might cause the sons of Jacob to continue in Egypt, notwithstanding the prophetic vision Abraham had of their bondage there. Judging of Joseph from the general temper of human nature, they thought he would now avenge himself on those who hated and injured him without cause. Not being able to resist, or to flee away, they attempted to soften him by humbling themselves. They pleaded with him as the servants of Jacob's God. Joseph was much affected at seeing this complete... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Genesis 50:1-26

Gen_50:1-26 . All the sons of Jacob appear to have been present at his deathbed, according to the first verse of Genesis 49.0 , yet no mention is made of them in the closing scenes. Joseph alone remains before us as we open Genesis 50.0 , and again we see him as a man of deep affection, moved to tears. These patriarchs died in faith, as we are told in Hebrews 11.0 , yet their faith did not lessen the love proper to natural relationships, nor does it do so for us today. The breaking of the link... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 50:15-21

Joseph Reassures his Brothers v. 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. They thought that it had been only for the sake of his aged father that Joseph had refrained from taking revenge upon them for the wrong which they had done, that the enmity which he had concealed for so long a time would now cause him to pay them back in kind. v. 16. And they sent a... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 50:1-26

ELEVENTH SECTIONJoseph’s mourning. Jacob’s burial in Canaan. The brothers’ dread of Joseph. His word of peace and trust for them. Joseph’s last provision for his own return home to Canaan after death, similar to the provision of his father. Genesis 50:1-261And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm1 his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. 3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 50:14-24

Genesis A CALM EVENING, PROMISING A BRIGHT MORNING Gen_50:14 - Gen_50:26 . Joseph’s brothers were right in thinking that he loved Jacob better than he did them; and they knew only too well that he had reasons for doing so. But their fear that Jacob’s death would be followed by an outbreak of long-smothered revenge betrayed but too clearly their own base natures. They thought him like themselves, and they knew themselves capable of nursing wrath to keep it warm through long years of apparent... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 50:15-26

Joseph Loves until His Death Genesis 50:15-26 The fear of Joseph’s brethren illustrates the insecurity of a position which is conceded only at the bidding of the tender caprice of love, apart from satisfaction based on satisfied justice. As Joseph had pardoned, so he might retract his pardon. No satisfaction, beyond tears, had been rendered for that faraway sin. Might he not even now require it! So fears might legitimately arise in our own hearts, had not the divine forgiveness been based on... read more

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