Chuàngshìjì 50:19

19 Yūesè duì tāmen shuō , búyào haìpà , wǒ qǐnéng daìtì shén ne .

Chuàngshìjì 50:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:19

And Joseph said unto them, fear not
That any hurt would be done by him to them, or that he would use them ill for their treatment of him:

for am I in the place of God?
to receive such homage from you, that you should be my servants, as Saadiah Gaon gives the sense; or rather to take vengeance for injury done, which belongs to God alone: or, "am I not under God" ^F21? subject to him, a servant of his, and why should you be mine? nor is it in my power, if I had a will to it, to change his purposes, to alter his providences, or contradict his will, and do hurt to those whom God hath blessed; and so may have regard to the late patriarchal benediction of his father, under the direction of the Holy Spirit: or, "am I in the place of God?" and under him a father of them, as he had been a provider for them, and a supporter of them, and still would be.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yna Myhla txth) "annon enim sub Deo sum?" Vatablus.

Chuàngshìjì 50:19 In-Context

17 Nǐmen yào duì Yūesè zhèyàng shuō , cóng qián nǐ gēge men è daì nǐ , qiú nǐ raóshù tāmende guò fàn hé zuìè . rújīn qiú nǐ raóshù nǐ fùqin shén zhī púrén de guò fàn . tāmen duì Yūesè shuō zhè huà , Yūesè jiù kū le .

18 Tāde gēge men yòu lái fǔfú zaì tā miànqián , shuō , wǒmen shì nǐde púrén .

19 Yūesè duì tāmen shuō , búyào haìpà , wǒ qǐnéng daìtì shén ne .

20 Cóng qián nǐmen de yìsi shì yào haì wǒ , dàn shén de yìsi yuán shì hǎo de , yào bǎoquán xǔduō rén de xìngméng , chéngjiù jīnrì de guāngjǐng .

21 Xiànzaì nǐmen búyào haìpà , wǒ bì yǎnghuo nǐmen hé nǐmen de fùrén háizi . yúshì Yūesè yòng qīnaì de huà ānwèi tāmen .