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

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, (B)[a]God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry my bones hence.

26 So Joseph died, when he was an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and put him in a chest in Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 50:25 He speaketh this by the spirit of prophecy, exhorting his brethren to have full trust in God’s promise for their deliverance.

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die.(A) But God will surely come to your aid(B) and take you up out of this land to the land(C) he promised on oath to Abraham,(D) Isaac(E) and Jacob.”(F) 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath(G) and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones(H) up from this place.”(I)

26 So Joseph died(J) at the age of a hundred and ten.(K) And after they embalmed him,(L) he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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