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


In Context

13 And carrying him into the land of Chanaan, they buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought together with the held for a possession of a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hethite over against Mambre.

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brethren, and all that were in his company, after he had buried his father.

15 Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another : Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.

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

17 That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.

18 And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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,