16They sent a message to Joseph, saying, |Your 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 burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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

15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, |It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him.|

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

17 'You shall tell Joseph, |Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.|' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.| Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, |Behold, we are your 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:16And they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Thy 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,