Hebrews 12:15 CSB – Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.

Genesis 40:23 CSB – Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

Genesis 41:1 CSB – At the end of two years Pharaoh had a dream

Genesis 42:6-7 CSB – Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.

Genesis 45:1-3 CSB – Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants,[a] so he called out, “Send everyone away from me!” No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers. But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and also Pharaoh’s household heard it. Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

Genesis 45:4-8 CSB – “Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please, come near me,” and they came near. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt. And now don’t be grieved or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God.”

Genesis 45:24 CSB – So Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Don’t argue[e] on the way.”

Genesis 50:19-20 CSB – But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.

Ephesians 4:32 NIV – Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.