“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.”
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said: what if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him? The fear of the brothers — now that Jacob is gone, will Joseph retaliate — is the fear of people who have not yet fully trusted the forgiveness they were given. The application: the forgiveness received but not fully trusted produces the fear that the forgiver will change their mind when the protective presence of the patriarch is gone.
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