Genesis 50:14-17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:7-14

We have here an account of Jacob's funeral. Of the funerals of the kings of Judah, usually, no more is said than this, They were buried with their fathers in the city of David: but the funeral of the patriarch Jacob is more largely and fully described, to show how much better God was to him than he expected (he had spoken more than once of dying for grief, and going to the grave bereaved of his children, but, behold, he dies in honour, and is followed to the grave by all his children), and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:15-21

We have here the settling of a good correspondence between Joseph and his brethren, now that their father was dead. Joseph was at court, in the royal city; his brethren were in Goshen, remote in the country; yet the keeping up of a good understanding, and a good affection, between them, would be both his honour and their interest. Note, When Providence has removed the parents by death, the best methods ought to be taken, not only for the preventing of quarrels among the children (which often... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:14

And Joseph returned into Egypt ,.... As he promised he would, Genesis 50:5 . he and his brethren ; the eleven sons of Jacob; for though they had not made the same promise, nor Joseph for them, yet they returned, having left their little ones, flocks and herds, in Egypt: and all that went up with him to bury his father ; the elders and great men of the land of Egypt, with their attendants: after he had buried his father ; in the land of Canaan, which, though given to the seed of... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:15

Saw that their father was dead - This at once argues both a sense of guilt in their own consciences, and a want of confidence in their brother. They might have supposed that hitherto he had forborne to punish them merely on their father's account; but now that he was dead, and Joseph having them completely in his power, they imagined that he would take vengeance on them for their former conduct towards him. Thus conscience records criminality; and, by giving birth to continual fears and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:16

Thy father did command - Whether he did or not we cannot tell. Some think they had feigned this story, but that is not so likely. Jacob might have had suspicions too, and might have thought that the best way to prevent evil was to humble themselves before their brother, and get a fresh assurance of his forgiveness. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:17

The servants of the God of thy father - These words were wonderfully well chosen, and spoken in the most forcible manner to Joseph's piety and filial affection. No wonder then that he wept when they spake to him. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:14

Verse 14 14.And Joseph returned. Although Joseph and the rest had left so many pledges in Egypt, that it would be necessary for them to return; it is yet probable that they were rather drawn back thither by the oracle of God. For God never permitted them to choose an abode at their own will; but as he had before led Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in their journeying, so he held their sons shut up in the land of Goshen, as within barriers. And there is no doubt that the holy fathers left that oracle... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:7-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:15-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:14

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:14

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