Genesis 50:21
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
After Jacob's death, Joseph's brothers feared that he still resented their former cruel conduct and would now take revenge for the wrong they had done him. The verse is his reassurance to them that they need not fear revenge from him. He promises to nourish and provide for them and their little ones and children. He comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
He wept that they thought he had hidden resentment and would now repay their evil. His kind words and care express cordial, deep, unselfish love and freely given forgiveness, with no spirit of revenge or resentful feeling for their former cruelty. He freely forgave them when they acknowledged their sin before him, proving by acts of benevolence and love in nourishing them and their little ones that he harbored no resentment.
His forgiving spirit flowed from walking with God, meekly bearing imprisonment and suffering for his innocence without murmuring, with self-control, patience in adversity, and unwavering fidelity left on record for the benefit of all afterward. Like Joseph, Jesus was rejected by his own, suffered innocently, and meekly forgave his murderers while suffering cruel torture, and after rising and ascending received all power and authority. Joseph's benevolent pardon illustrates how Jesus receives into favor and freely pardons all who come to him repentant and confessing their sins, and if they remain true will exalt them to his throne and make them his heirs to the inheritance purchased with his blood.