Event · The Patriarchs
Joseph forgives his brothers and dies
Joseph forgives his brothers and diesGenesis 50:15–26No agreed date
Joseph tells his brothers that God meant for good what they meant for evil, and asks that his bones be taken to the promised land.
- Main passage Genesis 50:15–26
- Related Exodus 13:19Hebrews 11:22
People Joseph
- Place in the order
- Explicit biblical sequence Scripture itself gives the order of these events.
- Historical setting
- No agreed date Disputed date
Scripture gives no calendar date for the patriarchs. They are often placed somewhere in the second millennium BCE, but scholars disagree.
Stories and studies ForgivenessProvidence
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Genesis 50:15–26 WEB
15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.” 16They 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. 18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.” 19Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? 20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. 21Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. 22Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years. 23Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees. 24Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.