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So now,וְעַתָּהdo notאַלbe afraid;תִּירָאוּIאָנֹכִיwill provide forאֲכַלְכֵּלyouאֶתְכֶםand your little ones.”וְאֶת טַפְּכֶםThus he comfortedוַיְנַחֵםthemאוֹתָםand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto their heart.עַל לִבָּם
Genesis 50:21
Study it in the app“So now, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke to their heart.”
Joseph: you meant evil against me, but Elohim meant it for goodProvidenceJoseph, 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 50:21, word by word
- be afraidתִּירָאוּtirau
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tirau” appears- will provide forאֲכַלְכֵּלachalkel
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “achalkel” appears- and your little onesטַפְּtap
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tap” appears- Thus he comfortedיְנַחֵםyenachem
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “yenachem” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- to their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears
The context
20As for you, you planned evil against me; Elohim planned it for good, in order to bring about what is happening today: keeping alive many people.
21 · This verse (above)
22Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his father’s household; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
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?