21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
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And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: …
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. …
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
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…
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