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So they sent wordוַיְצַוּוּto Joseph,אֶל יוֹסֵףsaying,לֵאמֹר“Your fatherאָבִיךָgave ordersצִוָּהbeforeלִפְנֵיhis death,מוֹתוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר
Genesis 50:16
Study it in the app“So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave orders before his death, saying,”
Joseph, feared by his brothers, reassures them and promises to provide for themForgivenessJoseph's brothers fear his revenge; he comforts themConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 50:16, word by word
- So they sent wordיְצַוּוּyetsauu
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsauu” appears- to Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- his deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears
The context
15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the evil that we did to him?”
16 · This verse (above)
17‘Thus you shall say to Joseph: “I beg you, please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the Elohim of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
To study Genesis 50 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?