Genesis 50:15–26

¹⁵Then Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, and they said, “^aWhat if Joseph bears a grudge against us and returns back to us all the evil which we dealt against him!”

¹⁶So they ¹sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

¹⁷‘Thus you shall say to Joseph, “Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they dealt evil against you.” ’ So now, please forgive the transgression of the slaves of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

¹⁸Then his brothers also came and ^afell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your slaves.”

¹⁹But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place?

²⁰“As for you, ^ayou meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to do ¹what has happened on this day, to keep many people alive.

²¹“So now, do not be afraid; ^aI will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke to their heart.

The Death of Joseph

²²Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived 110 years.

²³And Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were ^aborn on Joseph’s knees.

²⁴And Joseph said to his brothers, “^aI am about to die, but God will surely ¹take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore to ^bAbraham, to ^cIsaac, and to ^dJacob.”

²⁵Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely ¹take care of you, and ^ayou shall carry my bones up from here.”

²⁶So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and ^athey embalmed him, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.