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What does Genesis 50:25 mean?
"Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”"
— Genesis 50:25 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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