Holy Scripture
Genesis 50:17
A church father on this verse
“Joseph wept and said, "Do not be afraid of me, for although your father has died, the God of your father, on account of whom I will never strike you, is still alive. Because he turned the evil that you did to me to my good and he placed many people in my hands, God forbid that I do any evil to those who thus became th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.
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15And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, Let us take heed, lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.
16And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying,
— Genesis 50:17 —
18And they came to him and said, We, these persons, are thy servants.
19And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God’s.