Genesis 50:21

21 So then, do not be afraid. I myself will provide for you and your little ones. And he consoled them and {spoke kindly} to them.

Genesis 50:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:21

Now therefore, fear ye not
Which, is repeated to dispossess them of every fear they might entertain of him on any account whatever:

I will nourish you, and your little ones;
provide food for them, and their families, not only for themselves and their sons, now grown up, but their grandchildren and even the youngest and latest of their families should share in his favours:

and he comforted them, and spake kindly to them;
even "to their heart" {w}; such things as were quite pleasing and agreeable to them, served to banish their fears, revive their spirits, and afford comfort to them. Just so God and Christ do with backsliding sinners, and would have done with his own people by his servants; see ( Isaiah 40:1 Isaiah 40:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (Mbl le) "ad cor eorum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius

Genesis 50:21 In-Context

19 Then Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for [am] I in the place of God?

20 As for you, you planned evil against me, [but] God planned it for good, in order to do this--to keep many people alive--as [it is] today.

21 So then, do not be afraid. I myself will provide for you and your little ones. And he consoled them and {spoke kindly} to them.

22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and the house of his father. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. Moreover, the children of Makir, son of Manasseh, were born on the knees of Joseph.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "spoke to their heart"