Genesis 50:17

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

¹⁶ And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying, ¹⁷ So shall ye say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brothers, and their sin, because they did to thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Jo ¹⁸ And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

God of Your Father

Wronged You

Joseph

Sin

Genesis 31:42

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now thou would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee last night.

Genesis 42:21-24

And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.

Genesis 45:4-5

And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near, and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:8

So now it was not you that sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 49:25

even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

Genesis 50:20

And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Job 33:27-28

He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

Psalm 21:11

For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:14-15

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 10:42

And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.

Matthew 18:35

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

Matthew 25:40

And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.

Mark 10:41

And when the ten heard it they began to indignant about James and John.

Luke 17:3-4

Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Galatians 6:10

So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.

Galatians 6:16

And as many as will march by this standard, peace upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Ephesians 4:32

And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.

Colossians 3:12-13

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,

James 5:16

Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.