Genesis 50:17
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,
18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
Cross References
Genesis 42:21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
Genesis 45:8And now it was not you [that] sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 50:20Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great people alive.
Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
Matthew 6:12and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors,
Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:16-22
Joseph Comforts His Brethren. ( b. c. 1689.) 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 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… Read the whole commentary →