Génesis 50:17

17 te dijéramos: “Por favor, perdona a tus hermanos por el gran mal que te hicieron, por el pecado de haberte tratado con tanta crueldad”. Por eso nosotros, los siervos del Dios de tu padre, te suplicamos que perdones nuestro pecado». Cuando José recibió el mensaje, perdió el control y se echó a llorar.

Génesis 50:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:17

So shall ye say unto Joseph, forgive, I pray thee now, the
trespass of thy brethren, and their sin
Their very great sin, and therefore more words than one are used to express it: unless this repetition should be intended, and signifies that their crime was a trespass against God, and a sin against their brother; and however they are directed to ask forgiveness for it, and urge the relation they stood in to Joseph, in order to obtain it, which they were ready to acknowledge as a very great evil, and of which they repented:

and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God
of thy father;
they urge not only the common relation they stood in to Jacob, but what they stood in to the God of Jacob, being his servants, his worshippers, as Joseph also was; and therefore, being his brethren not only in nature but in religion and grace, they hoped he would forgive their trespass:

and Joseph wept when they spake unto him;
by their messenger; being troubled that they should be in such anxiety and distress of mind, which he had a fellow feeling with, and that they should have no better opinion of him, but entertain such distrust of him, notwithstanding all the kindness he had shown them, as to imagine that he should ever deal hardly with them for their former ill usage of him, which was forgiven and forgotten by him long ago.

Génesis 50:17 In-Context

15 Pero ahora que su padre había muerto, los hermanos de José tuvieron temor, y se decían: «Ahora José mostrará su enojo y se vengará por todo el mal que le hicimos».

16 Entonces enviaron a José un mensaje que decía: «Antes de morir, tu padre nos mandó que

17 te dijéramos: “Por favor, perdona a tus hermanos por el gran mal que te hicieron, por el pecado de haberte tratado con tanta crueldad”. Por eso nosotros, los siervos del Dios de tu padre, te suplicamos que perdones nuestro pecado». Cuando José recibió el mensaje, perdió el control y se echó a llorar.

18 Entonces sus hermanos llegaron, y se arrojaron al suelo delante de José y dijeron:
—Mira, ¡somos tus esclavos!

19 Pero José les respondió:
—No me tengan miedo. ¿Acaso soy Dios para castigarlos?