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50:24 c Ge 48:21
d Ex 3:16-17 e Ge 15:14
f Ge 12:7;
26:3;
28:13; 35:12
g Ge 47:29-30;
50:25
Ex 13:19; Jos 24:32;
Heb 11:22
50:26 h ver 2
24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am a
bout to die. c But God will surely come to your
aid d and take you up out of this land to the land e he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob.” f 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely
come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.” g
26 So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, h he
was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
nticipates with confidence that the Israelites
a
will eventually leave Egypt to return to Ca-
naan. This expectation rests in his belief that
God will fulfill his promises to the patriarchs.
50:22 – 23 Joseph outlives his father Jacob
by 60 years, surviving long enough to see his
great-grandchildren.
50:24 – 26 Although Joseph does not ask to
be buried at Machpelah, like his father Ja-
cob, he does request that his descendants
take his remains from Egypt to Canaan when
God brings the Israelites back into the land
he promised to the patriarchs. To facilitate
this, Joseph’s body is embalmed (see note
on v. 2) and placed in a coffin. When the Is-
raelites later leave Egypt, Moses ensures that
they fulfill Joseph’s wish (Exod 13:19). After the
Israelites settle in Canaan, Joseph’s remains
are buried at Shechem (Josh 24:32; see Gen
48:21 – 22 and note on 48:22).