Genesis 50:16-21

New International Version

¹⁶ So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions^(A) before he died: ¹⁷ ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins^(B) and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’^(C) Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.^(D)” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.^(E)

¹⁸ His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him.^(F) “We are your slaves,”^(G) they said.

¹⁹ But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?^{(H) 20} You intended to harm me,^(I) but God intended^(J) it for good^(K) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.^{(L) 21} So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.^(M)” And he reassured them and spoke kindly^(N) to them.