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Genesis 50:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 50 · verse 20
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 · King James Version
Genesis 50:20 in context
18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20But 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.
21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 8:28
- Psalms 119:71
- Genesis 45:5-8
- Genesis 37:18-20
- Acts 2:23
- Psalms 105:16-17
- Acts 3:13-15
- Genesis 37:4
Key words (Strong's)
- thoughtchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- passʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- savechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
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We have here the settling of a good correspondence between Joseph and his brethren, now that their father was dead. Joseph was at court, in the royal city; his brethren were in Goshen, remote in the country;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-21