Genesis 50:17 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

`Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.' And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

אטד 'āṭâd Atad, “the buck-thorn.”
מצרים אבל 'ābêl - mı̂tsrayı̂m, Ab…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Thy father did command ... — Many Jewish expositors consider that this was untrue, and that Jacob was never made aware of…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Forgive, I pray thee now. They do not conceal the fact that they had gravely sinned, and they are so far from lessening their fault that t…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

So shall you say to Joseph, forgive, I pray you now, the
trespass of your brethren, and their sin

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Various motives might have caused the sons of Jacob to continue in Egypt, despite the prophetic vision Abraham had of their bondage there. Judging …

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