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When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him."
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So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he commanded, saying,
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'Thus you shall say to Joseph: "I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you." ' Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
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Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
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Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
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But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
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Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
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So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
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Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knees.
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And Joseph said to his brethren, "I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
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Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."