Context 16So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, Your father charged before he died, saying, 17Thus you shall say to Joseph, Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong. And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, Behold, we are your servants. 19But Joseph said to them, Do not be afraid, for am I in Gods place? 20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. 21So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones. So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Death of Joseph 22Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his fathers household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraims sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Josephs knees. 24Joseph said to his brothers, I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. 25Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here. 26So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, Douay-Rheims Bible And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died, Darby Bible Translation And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying, English Revised Version And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, Webster's Bible Translation And they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying, World English Bible They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying, Young's Literal Translation And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, 'Thy father commanded before his death, saying, Library Joseph's Faith'Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.'--GENESIS l. 25. This is the one act of Joseph's life which the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews selects as the sign that he too lived by faith. 'By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.' It was at once a proof of how entirely he believed God's promise, and of how earnestly he longed … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture A Coffin in Egypt A Calm Evening, Promising a Bright Morning The Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly Genesis Links Genesis 50:16 NIV • Genesis 50:16 NLT • Genesis 50:16 ESV • Genesis 50:16 NASB • Genesis 50:16 KJV • Genesis 50:16 Bible Apps • Genesis 50:16 Parallel • Bible Hub |