Genesis 50:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

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  • Gen 47:12 : 12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.
  • Gen 45:10-11 : 10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have: 11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
  • Matt 6:14 : 14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

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  • Gen 50:19-20
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    19 And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

    20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

  • Gen 50:22-25
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    22 Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.

    23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.

    24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

    25 Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.

  • Gen 45:3-5
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    3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.

    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

    5 Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

  • Gen 45:7-11
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    7 God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

    10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

    11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

  • Gen 47:12
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    12 And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

  • Gen 50:14-17
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    14 And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

    15 Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

    16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

    17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

  • Gen 48:21
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    21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 45:17-20
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

    19 And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

    20 And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 50:8
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    8 And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 43:23
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    23 And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.

  • Gen 50:1
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    1 And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • Gen 43:14
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    14 So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

  • Gen 46:3-4
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    3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

    4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.

  • Gen 42:18
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    18 And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

  • Gen 46:31
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    31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 42:25
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    25 Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

  • Gen 48:15
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    15 And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

  • Gen 44:21
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    21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.