Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: New Living Translation So they sent this message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he instructed us English Standard Version So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: Berean Standard Bible So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, King James Bible And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, New King James Version So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying, New American Standard Bible So they sent instructions to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded us before he died, saying, NASB 1995 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father charged before he died, saying, NASB 1977 So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father charged before he died, saying, Legacy Standard Bible So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying, Amplified Bible So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded us before he died, saying, Christian Standard Bible So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command: Holman Christian Standard Bible So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command: American Standard Version And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they visited and they came near to Yoseph, and they said to him, “Your father commanded before his death and said: Brenton Septuagint Translation And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying, Contemporary English Version So they sent this message to Joseph: Before our father died, Douay-Rheims Bible And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died, English Revised Version And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, GOD'S WORD® Translation They sent a messenger to Joseph to say, "Before your father died, he commanded us, Good News Translation So they sent a message to Joseph: "Before our father died, International Standard Version So they sent this message to Joseph: JPS Tanakh 1917 And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying: 'Thy father did command before he died, saying: Literal Standard Version And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before his death, saying, Majority Standard Bible So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, New American Bible So they sent to Joseph and said: “Before your father died, he gave us these instructions: NET Bible So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave these instructions before he died: New Revised Standard Version So they approached Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this instruction before he died, New Heart English Bible So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave this command before he died, saying, Webster's Bible Translation And they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying, World English Bible They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying, Young's Literal Translation And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, 'Thy father commanded before his death, saying, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joseph Comforts His Brothers15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” 16So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, 17‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.… Cross References Genesis 50:15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him." Genesis 50:17 This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.' So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept. Treasury of Scripture And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying, sent. Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Jump to Previous Charge Charged Command Commanded Death Died Instructions Joseph Message Messenger Messengers Orders WordJump to Next Charge Charged Command Commanded Death Died Instructions Joseph Message Messenger Messengers Orders WordGenesis 50 1. The mourning for Jacob.4. Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to bury him. 7. The funeral. 15. Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave his pardon. 22. His age. 23. He sees the third generation of his sons. 24. He prophesies unto his brothers of their return. 25. He takes an oath of them concerning his bones. 26. He dies, and is put into a coffin. (16, 17) Thy father did command . . . --Many Jewish expositors consider that this was untrue, and that Jacob was never made aware of the fact that his brethren had sold Joseph into slavery. It is, however, probable, from Genesis 49:6, that Jacob not only knew of it, but saw in Simeon and Levi the chief offenders. But besides the father's authority the message brings a twofold influence to bear upon Joseph: for first it reminds him that they were his brethren, and next, that they shared the same religious faith--no slight band of union in a country where the religion was so unlike their own.Verses 16, 17. - And (under these erroneous though not unnatural apprehensions) they sent a messenger unto Joseph, - literally, they charged Joseph, i.e. they deputed one of their number (possibly Benjamin) to carry their desires to Joseph - saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying (though not recorded, the circumstance here mentioned may have been historically true), So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil (nothing is more inherently probable than that the good man on his death-bed did request his sons to beg their brother's pardon): and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. Joseph's brethren in these words at once evince the depth of their humility, the sincerity of their repentance, and the genuineness of their religion. They were God's true servants, and they wished to be forgiven by their much-offended brother, who, however, had long since embraced them in the arms of his affection. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him - pained that they should for a single moment have enter-rained such suspicions against his love. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So they sent wordוַיְצַוּ֕וּ (way·ṣaw·wū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Joseph, יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “Before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face he died, מוֹת֖וֹ (mō·w·ṯōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin your father אָבִ֣יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father commanded, צִוָּ֔ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order Links Genesis 50:16 NIVGenesis 50:16 NLT Genesis 50:16 ESV Genesis 50:16 NASB Genesis 50:16 KJV Genesis 50:16 BibleApps.com Genesis 50:16 Biblia Paralela Genesis 50:16 Chinese Bible Genesis 50:16 French Bible Genesis 50:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 50:16 They sent a message to Joseph saying (Gen. 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