Genesis 50:16 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹⁶ So they approached Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this instruction before he died,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father commanded before he died, saying,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So they approached Joseph and said, “Your father gave orders before he died, telling us,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ So they sent a message to him, saying: "Your father instructed us before he died,

Genesis 50:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 50:15

Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him?”

Genesis 50:17

‘Say to Joseph: I beg you, forgive the crime of your brothers and the wrong they did in harming you.’ Now therefore please forgive the crime of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of others lays a snare, but one who trusts in the Lord is secure.