Genesis 50:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. ”

Genesis 50:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל 'ābêl - mı̂tsrayı̂m , Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records...
Genesis 50:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Ye thought evil against me. Joseph well considers (as we have said) the providence of God; so that he imposes it on himself as a compulsory law, not only to grant pardon, but also to exer...
Genesis 50:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 50:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. When Joseph's brethre...
Genesis 50:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Burial of Jacob, and Death of Joseph 2. For the importance attached by the Egyptians to the preservation of the corpse see on Genesis 40:19 . The process, which was so thorough that mummies o...
Genesis 50:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye thought ... God meant. — The verb in the Heb. is the same, and contrasts man’s purpose with God’s purpose. In Genesis 45:7 Joseph had already pointed out that the Divine providence had overru...
Genesis 50:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Loves until His Death Genesis 50:15-26 The fear of Joseph's brethren illustrates the insecurity of a position which is conceded only at the bidding of the tender caprice of love, apart f...
Genesis 50:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have a strange and wonderful sight. Jacob was buried with Egyptian pomp, yet in the land of promise. Thus, at last, after a career checkered from the beginning, Jacob entered into his rest. T...
Genesis 50:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 45:5 . - Nothing can be more satisfactory in proof of a work of grace in the heart, than when believers pass by second causes to keep in view the LORD'S hand in all appointments.
Genesis 50:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But as for you, ye thought evil against me ,.... That must be said and owned, that their intentions were bad; they thought to have contradicted his dreams, and made them of none effect, to have toke...
Genesis 50:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive. Ver. 20. But God meant it unto good. ] God altereth the...
Genesis 50:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye thought evil, but God meant it unto good In order to the making Joseph a greater blessing to his family than otherwise he could have been. Fear not, I will nourish you See what an excellent sp...
Genesis 50:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to b...
Genesis 50:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joseph Comforts His Brethren. B. C. 1689. 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their f...
Genesis 50:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye thought evil against me, therefore I do not excuse your guilt, though I comfort you against despondency.
Genesis 50:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:15 . Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.] The literal rendering is— If Joseph should now punish us , a...
Genesis 50:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 50:20 In this study of the Divine mode of conduct, we shall find (1) a light for the interpretation of the ways of Providence; (2) an example to be followed. I. God permits evil, but from...
Genesis 50:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 50:2 . The physicians embalmed Israel. The Egyptians in early times built pyramids to contain their dead, and they preserved them from putrefaction by balsomic paste. This was performed by...
Genesis 50:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good Good out of evil: 1. God permits evil, but from the evil He unceasingly causes good to proceed. If good were not destined to conquer evi...
Genesis 50:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 50:15 And when (literally and ) Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they (literally, and they) said, Joseph will peradventure hate us,— literally,...
Genesis 50:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Reassures his Brothers
Genesis 50:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

ye thought. Genesis 37:4 Genesis 37:18-20 Psalms 56:5 God meant. Genesis 45:5-8 Psalms 76:10 Psalms 105:16 Psalms 105:17 Psalms 119:71 Isaiah 10:7 Acts 2:23 Acts 3:13-15 Acts 3...
Genesis 50:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye thought evil, but God meant it unto good — In order to the making Joseph a greater blessing to his family than otherwise he could have been.

Genesis 50:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 50:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 50:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 50:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 50:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 50:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 50:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 50:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 50:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes