Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.
Genesis 50:15 And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'
Genesis 50:16 And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,
Genesis 50:17 Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.
Genesis 50:18 And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we <FI>are<Fi> to thee for servants.'
Genesis 50:19 And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for <FI>am<Fi> I in the place of God?
The verse centers on "thus", "joseph", "pray", "thee", "bear", and "transgression". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "joseph", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And they give a charge for Joseph..." into verse 18's "And his brethren also go and fall...", so "thus" and "joseph" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "joseph" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.