Genesis 50:21 - Exposition

Now therefore (literally, and now) fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. Thus he repeats and confirms the promise which he had originally made to them when he invited them to come to Egypt ( Genesis 45:11 , Genesis 45:18 , Genesis 45:19 ). And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them —literally, to their hearts (cf. Genesis 34:3 ).