- So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father charged before he died, saying,
- 'Thus 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.
- Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants."
- But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in God's place?
- "As 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.
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- So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died:
- '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.
- His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your slaves," they said.
- But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
- You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
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