Genesis 50:17 “‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the…”

Genesis 50:17

‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

World English Bible

‘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.

American Standard Version

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil. And nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God. And Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.

Darby Translation

Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Young's Literal Translation

Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

Bible in Basic English

You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

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Cross references

“Forgive”

Ephesians 4:32 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 18:35 Matthew 6:14 Matthew 6:15 Luke 17:3

Ephesians 4:32 · BSB

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Matthew 6:12 · BSB

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 18:35 · BSB

That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

Matthew 6:14 · BSB

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:15 · BSB

But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

Luke 17:3 · BSB

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

“they did”

Psalm 21:11 Proverbs 28:13 Genesis 50:20 James 5:16 Job 33:27 Job 33:28

Psalm 21:11 · BSB

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Proverbs 28:13 · BSB

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Genesis 50:20 · BSB

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

James 5:16 · BSB

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Job 33:27 · BSB

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:28 · BSB

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

“servants”

Genesis 49:25 Genesis 31:42 Matthew 10:42 Matthew 25:40 Mark 10:41 Galatians 6:10

Genesis 49:25 · BSB

by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

Genesis 31:42 · BSB

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He…

Matthew 10:42 · BSB

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Matthew 25:40 · BSB

And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Mark 10:41 · BSB

When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

Galatians 6:10 · BSB

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

“wept”

Genesis 45:8 Genesis 42:21–24 Genesis 45:4 Genesis 45:5

Genesis 45:8 · BSB

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:21–24 · BSB

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Genesis 45:4 · BSB

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!

Genesis 45:5 · BSB

And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,

18His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”

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