^{16 Ref} So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

^{17 Ref} You 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.