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15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostile to us, and should indeed requite us all the evil that we did to him!
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When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?”
16 And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died:
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.
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‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
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His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
19 And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God?
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But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
20 Ye 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.
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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
21 And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consolingly to them.
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So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
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Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.
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and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.
24 And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; and God will certainly visit you, and bring you up out of this land, into the land that he swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.
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And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
26 And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
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