16And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,


In Context

13 and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah which Abraham had bought along with the field, for a possession of a sepulchre, of Ephron the Hittite, opposite to Mamre.

14 And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had gone up with him to bury his father.

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!

16 And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

17 Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

Genesis 50:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

50:16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:16They sent a message to Joseph, saying, |Your father commanded before he died, saying,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

50:16And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, 'Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,