Genesis 50:17

Joseph Reassures His Brothers

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."

God of Your Father

Wronged You

Joseph

Sin

Genesis 31:42

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

Genesis 42:21-24

They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."

Genesis 45:4-5

Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:8

So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 49:25

even by the God of your father, who will help you; by Shaddai, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Job 33:27-28

He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

Psalm 21:11

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:14-15

"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 10:42

And whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

Matthew 18:35

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you do not each forgive your brother from your heart."

Matthew 25:40

"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

Mark 10:41

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.

Luke 17:3-4

Be careful. If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Galatians 6:16

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel.

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:12-13

Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerfully effective.