Genesis 50:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Genesis 50:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 me…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

15-21. When Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, &c.--Joseph was deeply affected by this communication. He gave them the strongest assurances of his forgiveness and thereby gave both a beautiful trait of his own pious character, as well as appeared an eminent type of the Saviour.