Genesis 50:15 - Exposition

And when (literally and ) Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they (literally, and they) said, Joseph will peradventure hate us,— literally, If Joseph hated us, or pursued us hostilely ( sc . what would become of us?), לוּ with the imperfect or future setting forth a possible but undesirable contingency— and will certainly requite us (literally, if returning he caused to return upon us ) all the evil which we did unto him. "What then?" is the natural conclusion of the sentence. "We must be utterly undone."