Genesis 50:16-18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command: ¹⁷ ‘Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin—the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept^(A) when their message came to him. ¹⁸ Then his brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”