Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 50:19
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Genesis50:19
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God ?
It is Gods prerogative to take vengeance, which I dare not usurp. See Deut. 32. 35. Or, [illegible: 1+ letters]an I do what I please with you, without Gods leave? Therefore fear him rather than me, and upon your experience of his wonderful care and kindness to you believe that God will not, and therefore that I neither can nor will, do you any hurt. But it is not unusual to put the Hebrew he for halo, as it is Gen. 27. 36. 1 Sam. 2. 28. 2 Sam. 23. 19. 1 Kings 16. 31. &c. and so the words may be very well rendred▪ A[illegible: 1+ letters] not I [illegible: 1 word] God? i. e. Subject to his will, a minister of his Providence? Dare I destroy those whom God so eminently designed to save? Dare I punish those whom God hath pardoned!
Marginal references: chap. 45. [illegible: 1+ letters].
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