Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 50:21

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 50:21

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 50:21

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them." — Genesis 50:21 (ASV)

Your little ones. — Hebrew, yourtafs,” rendered in the Septuagint, “your households,” and in the Syriac, “your families,” your dependents—its usual translation in that version.