13. His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
14. After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father.
15. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”
16. So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:
17. ‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.
18. Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”