Genesis 50:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

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  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

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  • Gen 50:17-18
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    17You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

    18Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

  • Gen 50:14-15
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    14And when his father had been put to rest, Joseph and his brothers and all who had gone with him, went back to Egypt.

    15Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

  • Gen 50:4-7
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    4And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

    5My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

    6And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

    7So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

  • Gen 50:24-25
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    24Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

    25Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 48:21
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    21Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 45:8-9
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    8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

  • Gen 46:30-31
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    30And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.

    31And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • Gen 50:12
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    12So his sons did as he had given them orders to do:

  • Gen 48:1
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    1Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

  • Gen 50:1-2
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    1And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.

    2And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

  • Gen 45:3-5
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    3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.

    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

    5Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

  • Gen 46:28
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    28Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

  • Gen 45:25
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    25So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 45:13
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    13Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • Gen 47:30
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    30But when I go to my fathers, you are to take me out of Egypt and put me to rest in their last resting-place. And he said, I will do so.

  • Gen 43:27
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    27And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

  • Gen 45:27
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    27And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him: