16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died:
16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died:
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.
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50:16And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
50:16And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
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50:16And they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,
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