15 Now that he was dead, his brothers were afraid, and they said to one another: 'Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he suffered and requite us for all the evil that we did to him.'
16 So they sent a message to him, saying: 'Your father instructed us before he died,
17 that we should say these words to you from him: 'I beg you to forget the wickedness of your brothers, and the sin and malice that they practiced against you.' Likewise, we petition you to release the servants of the God of your father from this iniquity.' Hearing this, Joseph wept.
18 And his brothers went to him. And reverencing prostrate on the ground, they said, 'We are your servants.'
19 And he answered them: 'Do not be afraid. Are we able to resist the will of God?
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