## What if Joseph bears a grudge ##

"What if Joseph is angry with us"

## Your father gave instructions before he died, saying ##

Jacob was the father of all the brothers. Here they say "your father" to emphasize that Joseph needs to pay attention to what his father said. Alternate translation: "Before our father died he said."

## and the wrong they did when they treated your so badly ##

"for the wicked things they did to you"

## Now please forgive the servants of the God of your father ##

"Now please forgive us, the servants of the God of our father, for the wicked things we did to you"

## Joseph wept when the message was brought to him ##

"Joseph wept when he heard this message" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])