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


In Context

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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

15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did to him.

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

17 So shall ye say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did to thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass 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 they said, Behold, 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 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 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,