Genesis 50:24

24 Joseph said to his brothers, "1I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to 2Abraham, to 3Isaac and to 4Jacob."

Genesis 50:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die
Some time before his death he called them together, and observed to them, that he expected to die in a little time, as all must:

and God will surely visit you;
not in a way of wrath and vindictive justice, as he sometimes does, but in a way of love, grace, and mercy:

and bring you out of this land;
the land of Egypt, in which they then dwelt:

unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
meaning the land of Canaan, which he swore to those patriarchs that he would give to their posterity.

Genesis 50:24 In-Context

22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
23 Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
24 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob."
25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here."
26 So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Genesis 48:21; Exodus 3:16, 17; Hebrews 11:22
  • 2. Genesis 13:15, 17; Genesis 15:7, 8, 18
  • 3. Genesis 26:3
  • 4. Genesis 28:13; Genesis 35:12

Footnotes 2

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