15. Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.
16. And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,
17. That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.
18. And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.
19. And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
20. You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
21. Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
22. And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father's house: and lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Ma-nasses were born on Joseph's knees.