Genesis 50:14-21 - Joseph Reassures His Brothers

¹⁴ And after burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

¹⁵ And when the brothers of Joseph saw that their father [was] dead, they said, "It may be [that] Joseph will hold a grudge against us and pay us back dearly for all the evil that we did to him."

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."

¹⁹ Then Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for [am] I in the place of God? 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. ²¹ So then, do not be afraid. I myself will provide for you and your little ones. And he consoled them and {spoke kindly} to them.