Parallel Verses English Standard Version When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” King James Bible And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. American Standard Version And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. Douay-Rheims Bible Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another : Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him. English Revised Version And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. Webster's Bible Translation And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did to him. Genesis 50:15 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentAfter the king's permission had been obtained, the corpse was carried to Canaan, attended by a large company. With Joseph there went up "all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt," i.e., the leading officers of the court and state, "and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house," i.e., all the members of the families of Joseph, of his brethren, and of is deceased father, "excepting only their children and flocks; also chariots and horsemen," as an escort for the journey through the desert, "a very large army." The splendid retinue of Egyptian officers may be explained, in part from the esteem in which Joseph was held in Egypt, and in part from the fondness of the Egyptians for such funeral processions (cf. Hengst. pp. 70, 71). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge their father. Joseph. Genesis 42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days. Job 15:21,22 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him... Psalm 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Cross References Genesis 37:28 Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. Genesis 42:21 Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us." Genesis 42:22 And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood." Genesis 50:14 After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. Genesis 50:16 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave this command before he died: Jump to Previous Bears Dead Death Evil Full Fully Grudge Hate Heart Holds Hostile Indeed Joseph Joseph's Pay Pays Peradventure Perhaps Requite Themselves Turned Wrong WrongsJump to Next Bears Dead Death Evil Full Fully Grudge Hate Heart Holds Hostile Indeed Joseph Joseph's Pay Pays Peradventure Perhaps Requite Themselves Turned Wrong WrongsLinks Genesis 50:15 NIVGenesis 50:15 NLT Genesis 50:15 ESV Genesis 50:15 NASB Genesis 50:15 KJV Genesis 50:15 Bible Apps Genesis 50:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 50:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 50:15 French Bible Genesis 50:15 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |