Genesis 50:17

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

¹⁶ And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying, ¹⁷ Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. ¹⁸ And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

God of Your Father

Wronged You

Joseph

Sin

Genesis 31:42

Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

Genesis 42:21-24

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

Genesis 45:4-5

And Joseph said to his brethren, 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

And 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 governor over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 49:25

From the God of thy father, and he will help thee; And from the Almighty, and he will bless thee With blessings of heaven from above, With blessings of the deep that lieth under, With blessings of the breast and of the womb.

Genesis 50:20

Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive.

Job 33:27-28

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

Psalm 21:11

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

Proverbs 28:13

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh 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 offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you yours,

Matthew 10:42

And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Matthew 18:35

Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.

Matthew 25:40

And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

Mark 10:41

And the ten having heard of it, began to be indignant about James and John.

Luke 17:3-4

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother should sin, rebuke him; and if he should repent, forgive him.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith.

Galatians 6:16

And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace upon them and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Ephesians 4:32

and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12-13

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

James 5:16

Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power.