And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, (50:16)

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 (50:17)

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants (50:18)

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of God? (50:19)

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive (50:20)

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them (50:21)

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years (50:22)

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees (50:23)

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (50:24)

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence (50:25)

So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt (50:26)

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