Quotes about Forgiveness
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
— Genesis 34:5
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
— Genesis 37:12
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
— Genesis 37:24
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
— Genesis 38:24
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
— Genesis 38:26
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
— Genesis 41:51
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
— Genesis 42:3
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
— Genesis 42:6
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
— Genesis 42:7
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
— Genesis 42:17
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
— Genesis 42:22
And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
— Genesis 42:24