And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. Like his father, he did not want his bones to rest in strange ground, but his very burial should express his faith in the patriarchal blessing and in the Messianic promise. He was sure that the Lord would visit His people with His grace and mercy. That is the final test, if a person retains his faith until the end,
Verse Genesis 50:25. _YE SHALL CARRY UP MY BONES_] That I may finally rest with my ancestors in the land which God gave to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and which is a _pledge_ as it is a _type_ o...
- The Burial of Jacob 10. אטד _'āṭâd_ Atad, “the buck-thorn.” 11. מצרים אבל _'ābêl_-_mı̂tsrayı̂m_, Abel-Mitsraim, “mourning of Mizraim,” or meadow of Mizraim. This chapter records the burial of...
CHAPTER 50 THE BURIAL OF JACOB AND JOSEPH'S RETURN AND DEATH _ 1. The grief of Joseph (Genesis 50:1)_ 2. The burial (Genesis 50:4) 3. The return to Egypt (Genesis 50:14) 4. The death of Joseph ...
YE SHALL CARRY UP MY BONES FROM HENCE— The word _bones_ frequently in scripture means the same thing with corpse, as here Joseph's embalmed body (see Genesis 50:26 and Exodus 13:19.) is called his bon...
PART FORTY-SEVEN THE LAST DAYS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH (Genesis 48:1 to Genesis 50:26) The Biblical Account 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick:...
_AND JOSEPH TOOK AN OATH OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, GOD WILL SURELY VISIT YOU, AND YE SHALL CARRY UP MY BONES FROM HENCE._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
THE BURIAL OF JACOB, AND DEATH OF JOSEPH 2. For the importance attached by the Egyptians to the preservation of the corpse see on Genesis 40:19. The process, which was so thorough that mummies of Jose...
Cp. Hebrews 11:22,; 'By faith Joseph when he died made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.' Joseph's instructions were carried out at the tim...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 50 JOSEPH BURIES HIS FATHER V1 Then Joseph bent himself down over his father’s face. He wept over him and he kissed him. V2 And Joseph told his s...
וַ יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע יֹוסֵ֔ף אֶת ־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל...
JOSEPH LOVES UNTIL HIS DEATH Genesis 50:15 The fear of Joseph's brethren illustrates the insecurity of a position which is conceded only at the bidding of the tender caprice of love, apart from satis...
Here we have a strange and wonderful sight. Jacob was buried with Egyptian pomp, yet in the land of promise. Thus, at last, after a career checkered from the beginning, Jacob entered into his rest. Th...
JOSEPH'S FINAL DAYS Joseph had experienced Egyptians embalm Jacob's body, which took forty days. For seventy days, the Egyptians mourned Jacob's death. Joseph asked Pharaoh to allow him to take his fa...
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, (h) God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. (h) He speaks this by the spirit of prophecy, exhorting his brethr...
Embalmed, like the Egyptian momies, or mummies, which is a Persian word, signifying a dried corpse. Some of them are very magnificent, adorned with golden letters and hieroglyphics, various bandages,...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
25._God will surely visit you_. By these words he intimates that they would be buried as in oblivion, so long as they remained in Egypt: and truly that exile was as if God had turned his back on them...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 48, 49, AND 50. Lastly, in chapter 48 besides the prophetical character important in the history of Israel we see Joseph as heir; the double portion (mark of...
AND JOSEPH TOOK AN OATH OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Not of his brethren only, but of their posterity, as many of them as were now grown up, that so it might be communicated from one to another, and...
_And ye shall carry up my bones from hence_ Herein he had an eye to the promise, (Genesis 15:13,) and in God's name assures them of the performance of it. In Egypt they buried their great men very hon...
1 The mourning for Iacob. 4 Ioseph getteth leaue of Pharaoh to goe to bury him. 7 The funerall. 15 Ioseph comforteth his brethren, who craued his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generat...
ELEVENTH SECTION _Joseph’s mourning. Jacob’s burial in Canaan. The brothers’ dread of Joseph. His word of peace and trust for them. Joseph’s last provision for his own return home to Canaan after dea...
JACOB'S BURIAL (vs.1-14) The sorrow of Joseph over his father's death is seen in verse 1. It is an interesting study to consider the times in which Joseph is recorded as weeping. In contrast to buria...
22-26 Joseph having honoured his father, his days were long in the land, which, for the present, God had given him. When he saw his death approaching, he comforted his brethren with the assurance of...
JOSEPH TOOK AN OATH, for the same reason which moved Jacob to require an oath from him, GENESIS 47:30,31, OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: he saith not, _of his brethren, _ but _of Israel's children; _ unde...
On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
Genesis 50:25 Joseph H3130 oath H7650 (H8686) children H1121 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) God H430 surely...
‘And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you and you will carry my bones from here.” Joseph is so certain that they will be returning to Canaan that he makes...
Genesis 50:25 This is the one act of Joseph's life which the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews selects as the sign that he too lived by faith. It was at once a proof of how entirely he believed God...
CONTENTS: Jacob's burial. Joseph's death. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Joseph, brothers. CONCLUSION: As it is an honor to die lamented, so it is a duty to honor the dead who have been useful in the Lord. Sinc...
Genesis 50:2. _The physicians embalmed Israel._ The Egyptians in early times built pyramids to contain their dead, and they preserved them from putrefaction by balsomic paste. This was performed by ph...
_Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence_ JOSEPH’S FAITH IN GOD This is the one act of Joseph’s life which the aut...
_Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you_ DYING JOSEPH: I. SATISFIED WITH THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD. II. FULL OF FAITH. 1. Sure of God’s covenant. 2. Superior to the wo...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 50:24 With death near, Joseph makes arrangements for his BONES to be taken to Canaan. Later, Moses fulfills this instruction (Exodus 13:19)
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 50:23. Of the third generation.] “Either sons _belonging to,_ or sons _of,_ the third generation. If the former, then his (Joseph’s) great,—if the latter, his great-great-gran...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 50:15 AND WHEN (literally _and_)_ _JOSEPH'S BRETHREN SAW THAT THEIR FATHER WAS DEAD, THEY (literally, and they) SAID, JOSEPH WILL PERADVENTURE HATE US,—literally, _If Joseph _hated...
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and he wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days...
took an. Genesis 50:5 Genesis 47:29 and ye. Exodus 13:19 Joshua 24:32 Acts 7:1
And ye shall carry up my bones from hence — Herein he had an eye to the promise, Genesis 15:13, and in God's name assures them of the performance of it. In Egypt they buried their great men very honou...