Genesis 50:16
“And they sent a messenger vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,”
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Genesis 50:16 Context
14¶ And Ioseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that went vp with him, to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15¶ And when Iosephs brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Ioseph will peraduenture hate vs, and will certainely requite vs all the euill which we did vnto him. 16And they sent a messenger vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17So shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue, I pray thee now, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they did vnto thee euill: And now wee pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of the God of thy father. And Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him. 18And his brethren also went and fell downe before his face, and they said, Behold, we be thy seruants.
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And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
- King James Version
So they sent {a message} to Joseph, saying, "Your father charged before he died, saying,
- New American Standard Version (1995)