17You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.
18Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.
19And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?
20As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
21So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.
22Now Joseph and all his father's family went on living in Egypt: and the years of Joseph's life were a hundred and ten.
23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: and the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, came to birth on Joseph's knees.
