en_tn/gen/50/16.md

Your father gave instructions before he died, saying, 'Tell Joseph this, "Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin when they did evil to you."'

This has a two level quotation and a three level quotation. They can be stated as indirect quotations. Alternate translation: "Your father instructed us before he died to tell you to forgive us for the evil thing we did to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)

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"