Genesis 50:15

Later, after Joseph's brothers faced the reality of their father's death, they asked themselves, "What happens if Joseph decides to hold a grudge against us? What if he pays us back in full for all the wrong things we did to him?"

Genesis 27:41-42

So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 37:28

So Judah's brothers listened to him. As the Midianite merchants were passing through, they extracted Joseph from the cistern and sold Joseph for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who then took Joseph down to Egypt.

Genesis 42:17

Then Joseph locked them all together in prison for three days.

Genesis 42:21-22

"We're all guilty because of what we did to our brother!" they told each other. "We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We're in this mess because we wouldn't listen!"

Leviticus 26:36

"As for the remnants among you, I'll bring despair in their hearts in the land of their enemies so that even the sound of a blown leaf will chase them and they flee as though pursued by the sword and fall when no one is pursuing.

Job 15:21-22

Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.

Psalm 14:5

There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.

Psalm 53:5

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.

Romans 2:15

They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

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Summary

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

Their father

Bible References

Their father

Genesis 27:41
So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."

Joseph

Genesis 42:17
Then Joseph locked them all together in prison for three days.
Leviticus 26:36
"As for the remnants among you, I'll bring despair in their hearts in the land of their enemies so that even the sound of a blown leaf will chase them and they flee as though pursued by the sword and fall when no one is pursuing.
Job 15:21
Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.
Psalm 14:5
There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.
Psalm 53:5
There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.
Romans 2:15
They show that what the Law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them

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