Genesis 50:15-26

Genesis 50:15-26

[15] And when Joseph's  brethren  saw  that their father  was dead,  they said,  Joseph  will peradventure  hate us,  and will certainly  us all the evil  which we did  unto him. [16] And they sent a messenger  unto Joseph,  saying,  Thy father  did command  before  he died,  saying,  [17] So shall ye say  unto Joseph,  Forgive,  I pray thee  now, the trespass  of thy brethren,  and their sin;  for they did  unto thee evil:  and now, we pray thee, forgive  the trespass  of the servants  of the God  of thy father.  And Joseph  wept  when they spake  [18] And his brethren  and fell down  before his face;  and they said,  Behold, we be thy servants.  [19] And Joseph  said  unto them, Fear  not: for am I in the place of God?  [20] But as for you, ye thought  evil  against me; but God  meant it  unto good,  to  bring to pass,  as it is this day,  much  people  alive.  [21] Now therefore fear  ye not: I will nourish  you, and your little ones.  And he comforted  them, and spake  kindly  [22] And Joseph  dwelt  in Egypt,  he, and his father's  house:  and Joseph  lived  an hundred  and ten  years.  [23] And Joseph  saw  Ephraim's  children  of the third  generation: the children  also of Machir  the son  of Manasseh  were brought up  upon Joseph's  knees.  [24] And Joseph  said  unto his brethren,  I die:  and God  will surely  you, and bring you out  of this land  which he sware  to Abraham,  to Isaac,  and to Jacob.  [25] And Joseph  took an oath  of the children  of Israel,  saying,  God  will surely  you, and ye shall carry up  my bones  from hence.  [26] So Joseph  died,  being an hundred  and ten  years  old:  and they embalmed  him, and he was put  in a coffin  in Egypt.