Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 50:17

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin: for they did unto thee evil: And now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father . And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

For whose sake pardon those that joyn with thee in his worship.

Partly in Compassion to their fear and trouble: And partly because they still retained a diffidence in his kindness after all his great and real demonstrations of it.