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Gen 50:17 (KJV) — So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

Gen 50:17 (NIV) — '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.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

Forgive	Mat 6:12,14,15; Mat 18:35; Luk 17:3,4; Eph 4:32; Col 3:12,13
they did	Gen 50:20; Job 33:27,28; Psa 21:11; Pro 28:13; Jam 5:16
servants	Gen 31:42; Gen 49:25; Mat 10:42; Mat 25:40; Mar 10:41; Gal 6:10,16; Phm 1:8-20
wept	Gen 42:21-24; Gen 45:4,5,8