Genesis 50:17
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.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, 'Thy father commanded before his death, saying,
18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, 'Lo, we [are] to thee for servants.'
Cross References
Genesis 42:21And they say one unto another, 'Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'
Genesis 45:8and now, ye — ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 50:20As for you, ye devised against me evil — God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
Psalms 21:11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,
Matthew 6:12'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 10:42and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not 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 →