When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him."
Genesis 50:15
Surrounding context
50:14 And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.
50:15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him."
50:16 So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he commanded, saying,