Genesis 50:17

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

¹⁶ So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying, ¹⁷ You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping. ¹⁸ Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, 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, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

Genesis 42:21-24

And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

Genesis 45:4-5

Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

Genesis 45:8

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as 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 your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

Genesis 50:20

As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

Job 33:27-28

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

Psalm 21:11

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

Proverbs 28:13

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

Matthew 6:12

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

Matthew 18:35

So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

Matthew 25:40

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Mark 10:41

And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John.

Luke 17:3-4

Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

Galatians 6:16

And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Colossians 3:12-13

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

James 5:16

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.