Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 50:16
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
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And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
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They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
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And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
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Genesis 50
14 After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all 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 bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
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.
18 His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
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