Joseph Forgives His Brothers

Genesis 50:15-21

Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.

And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,

That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.

And his brethren came to him; and worshipping prostrate on the ground, they said: We are thy servants.

And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?

You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.

Joseph Forgives His Brothers

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