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.
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.
‘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.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Forgive
- Matthew 6:12, 14, 15; Matthew 18:35; Luke 17:3, 4; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:12, 13
- they did
- Genesis 50:20; Job 33:27, 28; Psalm 21:11; Proverbs 28:13; James 5:16
- servants
- Genesis 31:42; Genesis 49:25; Matthew 10:42; Matthew 25:40; Mark 10:41; Galatians 6:10, 16; Philemon 1:8–20
- wept
- Genesis 42:21–24; Genesis 45:4, 5, 8