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Genesis 50

Gen. 50:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
not: for am I in the placek of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Deut. 32:35• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR} (Deut. 32:35)
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2 Kings 5:7• 7And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me. (2 Kings 5:7)
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Job 34:29• 29And he giveth rest, and who can disturb?{HR}And hideth his face, and who beholdeth it?{HR}Whether as to a nation or to a man, the same, (Job 34:29)
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Rom. 12:19• 19avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, “To me [belongeth] vengeance, I will requite,” saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Heb. 10:30• 30For we know him that said, To me [is] vengeance; I will recompense, saith Jehovah; and again, Jehovah shall judge his people. (Heb. 10:30)

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Ministry on This Verse

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fear not.
Gen. 45:5• 5And now be not grieved, and let it not be an occasion of anger in your eyes, that ye sold me hither; for God sent me before you to preserve life. (Gen. 45:5)
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Matt. 14:27• 27But Jesus immediately spoke unto them, saying, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. (Matt. 14:27)
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Luke 24:37‑38• 37But confounded and being frightened, they supposed they beheld a spirit.
 38And he said to them, Why are ye troubled, and wherefore do reasonings rise in your hearts? (Luke 24:37‑38)
for am I.It belongs to God to execute vengeance, and Joseph did not intend to usurp his prerogative.
Thus he instructed his brethren not to fear him, but to fear God; to humble themselves before God, and to seek his forgiveness.
Gen. 30:2• 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, [Am] I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:2)
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Deut. 32:35• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR} (Deut. 32:35)
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2 Kings 5:7• 7And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me. (2 Kings 5:7)
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Job 34:19‑29• 19Who accepteth not the person of princes,{HR}Nor hath known the rich before the poor?{HR}For the work of his hands [are] they all;
 20In a moment they die; even at midnight{HR}Is a people shaken, and passeth away,{HR}And the mighty are removed without hand.
 21For his eyes [are] on the ways of a man,{HR}And he seeth all his steps.
 22There is no darkness nor death-shade,{HR}Where the workers of iniquity may hide.
 23For he doth not regard man more,{HR}That he should go to God [El] in judgment;
 24He breaketh the mighty without inquiry,{HR}And he setteth up others in their stead.
 25Therefore he knoweth their works,{HR}And overthroweth them in the night, and they are bruised.
 26As wicked did he strike them publicly,
 27Who purposely turned aside from after him,{HR}And attended not to any of his ways,
 28So that the cry of the poor should come to him,{HR}And the cry of the oppressed he heareth.
 29And he giveth rest, and who can disturb?{HR}And hideth his face, and who beholdeth it?{HR}Whether as to a nation or to a man, the same, (Job 34:19‑29)
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Rom. 12:19• 19avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, “To me [belongeth] vengeance, I will requite,” saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Heb. 10:30• 30For we know him that said, To me [is] vengeance; I will recompense, saith Jehovah; and again, Jehovah shall judge his people. (Heb. 10:30)
• So Joseph, when Israel is gone, forgives his brethren their wrong, and nourishes them with his riches. (“Genesis 48-50” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?

W. Kelly Translation

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And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)