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Genesis 50:16
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,
Genesis 50:16 · Bible in Basic English
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Genesis 50:16 in other translations
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,
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In context
13 For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.
14 And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.
15 Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.
16 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,
17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.
18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.
19 And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?
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