Genesis 50:16
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And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,

Genesis 50:15
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.

Genesis 50:17
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 practised 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.

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And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,

sent.

Proverbs 29:25 He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Context
Joseph Comforts His Brothers
15Now 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. 16And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,17That 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 practised 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.…
Lexicon
So they sent word
וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (way·ṣaw·wū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Joseph,
יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

saying,
לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

he died,
מוֹת֖וֹ (mō·w·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

your father
אָבִ֣יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

commanded,
צִוָּ֔ה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order


Additional Translations
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,

And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying,

And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

And they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before he died, saying,

They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, 'Thy father commanded before his death, saying,
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