Genesis 50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:15

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead ,.... And buried; for this and what follows were after their return to Egypt, from the burial of their father; though some think it was before, and as soon as they saw their father was dead, when they thought it a proper time, while Joseph's heart was tender and affected with his father's death, to compromise matters with him: but there is no reason to invert the order of the narration, for this "seeing" is not to be understood of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:16

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph ,.... Not Bilhah, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, nor her sons, Dan and Naphtali, as Jarchi, grounding it on Genesis 37:1 though it is not improbable that some from among themselves were deputed, who were most interested in Joseph; since it is not very likely they would commit such an affair to a stranger or to a servant; and the most proper persons to be sent on such an errand seem to be Judah and Benjamin, the latter as having had no... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:17

So shall ye say unto Joseph, forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ,.... Their very great sin, and therefore more words than one are used to express it: unless this repetition should be intended, and signifies that their crime was a trespass against God, and a sin against their brother; and however they are directed to ask forgiveness for it, and urge the relation they stood in to Joseph, in order to obtain it, which they were ready to acknowledge as a very... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:18

And his brethren also went ,.... The messengers being returned to them, and acquainting them with what Joseph had said, they took courage and went from Goshen to Joseph's house or palace, be it where it may: and fell down before his face ; in an humble suppliant manner: and they said, behold, we be thy servants ; they were content to be so, would he but forgive their sin, and not resent their ill behaviour to him; thus they further fulfilled his dream of the eleven stars making... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:19

And Joseph said unto them, fear not ,.... That any hurt would be done by him to them, or that he would use them ill for their treatment of him: for am I in the place of God ? to receive such homage from you, that you should be my servants, as Saadiah Gaon gives the sense; or rather to take vengeance for injury done, which belongs to God alone: or, "am I not under God" F21 התחת אלהים אני "annon enim sub Deo sum?" Vatablus. ? subject to him, a servant of his, and why should you... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:20

But as for you, ye thought evil against me ,.... That must be said and owned, that their intentions were bad; they thought to have contradicted his dreams, and made them of none effect, to have token away his life, or however to have made him a slave all his days: but God meant it unto good ; he designed good should come by it, and he brought good out of it: this shows that this action, which was sinful in itself, fell under the decree of God, or was the object of it, and that there... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:21

Now therefore, fear ye not ,.... Which, is repeated to dispossess them of every fear they might entertain of him on any account whatever: I will nourish you, and your little ones ; provide food for them, and their families, not only for themselves and their sons, now grown up, but their grandchildren and even the youngest and latest of their families should share in his favours: and he comforted them, and spake kindly to them ; even "to their heart" F23 על לבם "ad cor eorum",... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:22

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house ,.... Comfortably, quietly, and in great prosperity, not only he, but his brethren and their families, as long as he lived: and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years ; and all but seventeen of them in Egypt, for at that age it was when he was brought thither: thirteen years he lived in Potiphar's house, and in prison, for he was thirty years of age when he was brought to Pharaoh, and stood before him, and fourscore years he lived in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation ,.... His great grandchildren's children; and which shows, as most interpreters observe, that Jacob's prediction, that Ephraim should be the greatest and most numerous, very early began to take place: and the children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees ; Machir had but one son by his first wife, whose name was Gilead; but marrying a second wife, he had two sons, Peresh and Sheresh; see 1... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die ,.... Some time before his death he called them together, and observed to them, that he expected to die in a little time, as all must: and God will surely visit you ; not in a way of wrath and vindictive justice, as he sometimes does, but in a way of love, grace, and mercy: and bring you out of this land ; the land of Egypt, in which they then dwelt: unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; meaning the land of... read more

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