Genesis 50:16-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ So they ·sent a message to [instructed; commanded] Joseph that said, “Your father gave this command before he died. ¹⁷ He said to us, ‘You have done wrong and have sinned and done evil to Joseph. Tell Joseph to forgive you, his brothers.’ So now, Joseph, we beg you to forgive our wrong. We are the servants of the God of your father.” When Joseph received the message, he cried.