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Genesis 50:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.” "

Genesis 50:18

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16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

17 ‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

19 Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

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Genesis 50:1

"Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him."

Genesis 50:2

"Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel."

Genesis 50:3

"Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days."

Genesis 50:4

"When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh’s staff, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,"

Genesis 50:5

"‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”"

Genesis 50:6

"Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”"

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