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Genesi 50:19

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19 Ma Giuseppe disse loro: Non temiate; perciocchè, sono io in luogo di Dio?

Genesi 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yna Myhla txth) "annon enim sub Deo sum?" Vatablus.
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Genesi 50:19 In-Context

17 Dite così a Giuseppe: Perdona, ti prego, ora a’ tuoi fratelli il lor misfatto, e il lor peccato; conciossiachè essi ti abbiano fatto del male. Deh! perdona dunque ora a’ servitori dell’Iddio di tuo padre il lor misfatto. E Giuseppe pianse, quando coloro gli parlarono.
18 I suoi fratelli andarono eziandio a lui; e, gittatisi in terra davanti a lui, gli dissero: Eccociti per servi.
19 Ma Giuseppe disse loro: Non temiate; perciocchè, sono io in luogo di Dio?
20 Voi certo avevate pensato del male contro a me; ma Iddio ha pensato di convertir quel male in bene, per far ciò che oggi appare, per conservare in vita una gran gente.
21 Ora dunque, non temiate; io sostenterò voi, e le vostre famiglie. Così li consolò, e li riconfortò.
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