Verse 17
Genesis 50:17
Darby Translation
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Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God (Elohim) of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּֽה תֹאמְר֣וּ לְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף אָ֣נָּ֡א שָׂ֣א נָ֠א פֶּ֣שַׁע אַחֶ֤י/ךָ וְ/חַטָּאתָ/ם֙ כִּי רָעָ֣ה גְמָל֔וּ/ךָ וְ/עַתָּה֙ שָׂ֣א נָ֔א לְ/פֶ֥שַׁע עַבְדֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִ֑י/ךָ וַ/יֵּ֥בְךְּ יוֹסֵ֖ף בְּ/דַבְּרָ֥/ם אֵלָֽי/ו
English Translation
So you shall say to Joseph, “Please forgive 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.
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Chapter 50 Context
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And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed I...
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And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And...
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And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I...
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My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of C...
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And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders o...
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and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and t...
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And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.
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And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented wi...
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And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, an...
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And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;
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and his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpel...
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And, after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that had...
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And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, If now Joseph should be hostil...
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And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,
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Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their...
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And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.
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And Joseph said to them, Fear not: am I then in the place of God (Elohim)?
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Ye indeed meant evil against me: God (Elohim) meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is...
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And now, fear not: I will maintain you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke consol...
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And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
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And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Mana...
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And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; and God (Elohim) will certainly visit you, and bring you up...
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And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God (Elohim) will certainly visit you; an...
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And Joseph died, a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him; and he was put in a coffin in E...
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