Genesis 50
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Genesis 50:14-26

14After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all those who went up with him to bury his father.

15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father had died, they said, “Maybe Joseph will be hostile towards us and pay us back in full for all the evil we showed him.

16So they charged Joseph saying, “Before his death, your father gave a command, saying,

17“Thus you must say to Joseph: ‘Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin because they treated you wrongly.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Then Joseph wept when they spoke to him,

18and his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your slaves!”

19But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. For am I in the place of God?

20Yes, you yourselves planned evil against me. God planned it for good, in order to bring about what it is this day—to preserve the lives of many people.

21So now, don’t be afraid. I myself will provide food for you and your little ones.” So he reassured them, speaking kindly to them.

22Joseph remained in Egypt—he and his father’s household—and Joseph lived 110 years.

23Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons. Also the sons of Machir, Manasseh’s son, were born upon Joseph’s knees.

24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m about to die. But God will surely take notice of you and will bring you up from this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

25Then Joseph made Israel’s sons swear an oath saying, “When God takes notice of you, you will bring my bones up from here.”

26So Joseph died at 110 years old, and they embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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