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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.50.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Joseph&#8217;s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, &#8220;What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.50.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they sent word to Joseph, saying, &#8220;Your father left these instructions before he died: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.50.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.&#8217; Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.&#8221; When their message came to him, Joseph wept.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.50.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.50.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. &#8220;We are your slaves,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.50.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.50.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Joseph said to them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.50.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.50.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So then, don&#8217;t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.&#8221; And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.</span></span></div>
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