OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 45:24

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So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”

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Verse 24. Angry. A prudent admonition at all times, but particularly now, to Joseph’s brethren; lest reflecting on his excessive kindness, they should each wish to remove from themselves the stigma of cruelty towards him, by throwing it upon others. Bible.—Hebrew may be rendered, “fear not.” Calmet.

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