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15 Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and 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 message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
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So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died:
17 That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
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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 came to him; and worshipping prostrate on the ground, they said: We are thy servants.
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His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
19 And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
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But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
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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 Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
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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 he dwelt in Egypt with all his father’s house; and 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 (50-22) And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the sons of Manasses, 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 (50-23) After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and 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 (50-24) And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my bones with you out of this place:
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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 (50-25) And he died, being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed, he was laid 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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