The Meaning of Genesis 50:19 Explained

Genesis 50:19

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 50:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 50:15-26 - Joseph Loves Until His Death
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Chapter Summary: Genesis 50

1  The mourning for Jacob
4  Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him
7  The funeral
15  Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon
22  His age
23  He sees the third generation of his sons
24  He prophesies unto his brothers of their return
25  He takes an oath of them concerning his bones
26  He dies, and is put into a coffin

What do the individual words in Genesis 50:19 mean?

And said to them Joseph not do be afraid for in the place of God [am] I
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֛ם יוֹסֵ֖ף אַל־ תִּירָ֑אוּ כִּ֛י הֲתַ֥חַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים ؟ אָֽנִי

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲלֵהֶ֛ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
יוֹסֵ֖ף  Joseph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄוסֵף  
Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel.
תִּירָ֑אוּ  do  be  afraid 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
הֲתַ֥חַת  in  the  place 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
אֱלֹהִ֖ים  of  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
؟ אָֽנִי  [am]  I 
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.