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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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:22-26

Here is, I. The prolonging of Joseph's life in Egypt: he lived to be a hundred and ten years old, Gen. 50:22. Having honoured his father, his days were long in the land which, for the present, God had given him; and it was a great mercy to his relations that God continued him so long, a support and comfort to them. II. The building up of Joseph's family: he lived to see his great-grand-children by both his sons (Gen. 50:23), and probably he saw his two sons solemnly owned as heads of distinct... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:25

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel ,.... Not of his brethren only, but of their posterity, as many of them as were now grown up, that so it might be communicated from one to another, and become well known to that generation which should depart out of Egypt: saying, God will surely visit you ; which he repeats for the certainty of it, and that it might be observed: and ye shall carry up my bones from hence ; when they should go from thence to Canaan's land; he did not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:19

Am I in the place of God? - These words may be understood either as a question, or an affirmative proposition. How should I take any farther notice of your transgression? I have passed it by, the matter lies now between God and you. Or, in the order of Divine providence I am now in God's place; he has furnished me with means, and made me a distributor of his bounty; I will therefore not only nourish you, but also your little ones, Genesis 50:21 ; : and therefore he spake comfortably unto... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:22-26

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:19

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