Genesis 50:17

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

¹⁶ So they sent [word] to Joseph saying, "Your father commanded [us] before his death, saying, ¹⁷ "Thus you must say to Joseph, 'O, please now forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.' So now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. ¹⁸ Then his brothers went also and fell before him and said, "Behold, we [are] your servants."

God of Your Father

Wronged You

Joseph

Sin

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac had not been with me, indeed now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my misery and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night."

Genesis 42:21-24

Then each said to his brother, "Surely we [are] guilty on account of our brother when we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded for mercy to us and we would not listen. Therefore this trouble has come to us."

Genesis 45:4-5

So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they drew near. And he said, "I [am] Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:8

So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 49:25

Because of the God of your father he will help you and [by] Shaddai he will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and the womb.

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you planned evil against me, [but] God planned it for good, in order to do this--to keep many people alive--as [it is] today.

Job 33:27-28

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

Psalm 21:11

Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

Matthew 6:12

and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."

Matthew 18:35

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from your hearts!"

Matthew 25:40

And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'

Mark 10:41

And [when they] heard [this], the ten began to be indignant about James and John.

Luke 17:3-4

"Be concerned about yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

Galatians 6:16

And all those who follow this rule, peace and mercy [be] on them and on the Israel of God.

Ephesians 4:32

Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12-13

Therefore, as [the] chosen of God, holy and [dearly] loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.