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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 50, Verse 18

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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 unto him.
King James Version
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.
American Standard Version
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
New English Translation
Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
World English Bible
His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your 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, to save much people alive.
21
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
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 visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the 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 visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
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So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
1
Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,