Genesis 50:19

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

American King James Version (AKJV)

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

Webster's Revision

And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

World English Bible

Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

English Revised Version (ERV)

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

Clarke's Genesis 50:19 Bible Commentary

Am I in the place of God? - These words may be understood either as a question, or an affirmative proposition. How should I take any farther notice of your transgression? I have passed it by, the matter lies now between God and you. Or, in the order of Divine providence I am now in God's place; he has furnished me with means, and made me a distributor of his bounty; I will therefore not only nourish you, but also your little ones, Genesis 50:21 : and therefore he spake comfortably unto them, as in Genesis 45:8, telling them that he attributed the whole business to the particular providence of God rather than to any ill will or malice in them, and that, in permitting him to be brought into Egypt, God had graciously saved their lives, the life of their father, the lives of the people of Canaan, and of the Egyptians: as therefore God had honored him by making him vicegerent in the dispensations of his especial bounty towards so many people, it was impossible he should be displeased with the means by which this was brought about.

Wesley's Genesis 50:19 Bible Commentary

50:19 Am I in the place of God? - He in his great humility thought they shewed him too much respect, and faith to them in effect, as Peter to Cornelius, Stand up, I myself also am a man. Make your peace with God, and then you will find it an easy matter to make your peace with me.