Genesis 50:24

Translations

Modern

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Traditional

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Literal

And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying. And God will surely attend to you and bring you out of this land, to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Latin

Quibus transactis, locutus est fratribus suis: Post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos, et ascendere vos faciet de terra ista ad terram quam juravit Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.

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Hebrew

English

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Notes

Genesis 50:24–25

God will surely visit you: These words from Joseph are repeated twice. They summarize the hope found in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. God would come to his people and act to save them.
God’s coming in the Messiah (the promised descendant of Abraham and God’s chosen king) would bring an end to the curse (the result of sin) and bring God’s promised blessing in a new creation (a renewed world). God’s faithful people would wait with hope for this to happen.
Like his father, Joseph made his brothers promise to take his bones out of Egypt when God came to lead them back to Canaan ("attend to you"; see Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; Hebrews 11:22).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Blessing Inheriting the Land Symbolic Numbers

Events

Death of Josephc. 1635 BC

Related verses

Exodus 3:16–17
Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Genesis 35:12
The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
Genesis 46:4
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Genesis 13:17
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Genesis 13:15
…for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Genesis 15:14–16
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
Hebrews 11:22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Book of Exodus Genesis, Book of Jacob Land Oath Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Brother: Joseph's, for his Brethren Covenant of God with Men: Confirmed with an Oath Faith: Exemplified Joseph: Son of Jacob: Death of The Death of Saints: Met with Resignation

Genesis 50:24

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