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Genesis 50:21
Genesis 50:21 is verse 21 of Genesis chapter 50, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
King James Version
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
World English Bible
Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
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Genesis 50:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
21 Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.
22 Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 45:10You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
Genesis 45:11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
Genesis 47:12Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 6:14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Romans 12:21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
1 Thessalonians 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”