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


In Context

13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, along with the field.

14 After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.

15 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?"

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

17 'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your slaves," they said.

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 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 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,