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Genesis 50:19

Genesis 50:19
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 50:1-26

- The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl-mı̂tsrayı̂m, Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records the burial of Jacob…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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…