Genesis 50:21 Now therefore fear you not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. I. THEIR NEED OF FORGIVENESS. II. THE PLEA ON WHICH THEY URGE IT (vers. 16-18). 1. The dying request of their father. 2. Their own free confession of guilt. 3. Their father's influence with God. 4. Their willingness to utterly abase themselves. III. THE COMPLETENESS OF THEIR FORGIVENESS. 1. He speaks words of peace. 2. He will not presume to put himself judicially in the place of God. (1) As an instrument of vengeance. (2) As presuming to change does not join forgetfulness. You forgive only so far as you forget. (F. W. Robertson, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. |
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