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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, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste. (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• 29When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike; (Job 34:29)
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Rom. 12:19• 19not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance belongs to me, *I* will recompense, saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Heb. 10:30• 30For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Heb. 10:30)

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fear not.
Gen. 45:5• 5And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, 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 to them, saying, Take courage; it is *I*: be not afraid. (Matt. 14:27)
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Luke 24:37‑38• 37But they, being confounded and being frightened, supposed they beheld a spirit.
 38And he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why are thoughts rising 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 has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:2)
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Deut. 32:35• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste. (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• 19How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.
 20In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
 21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.
 22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
 23For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before *God in judgment.
 24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead;
 25Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth them in the night, and they are crushed.
 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
 27Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;
 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
 29When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike; (Job 34:19‑29)
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Rom. 12:19• 19not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Vengeance belongs to me, *I* will recompense, saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Heb. 10:30• 30For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord 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?