Genesis 50 · Verse 25

Genesis 50:25

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.
Genesis 50:25, King James Version

Genesis 50:25 in other translations

BSBAnd Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
WEBJoseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
ASVAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
YLTAnd Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, ‘God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this place.'
DARBYAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying,God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.
BBEThen Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.
WebsterAnd Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

What does Genesis 50:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 of the kingdom of Heaven. Thus says the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Heb 11:22 : "By Faith Joseph, when he died, (τελευτων, when dying), made mention of the departure (εξοδου, of the Exodus) of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. From this it is evident that Joseph considered all these things as typical, and by this very commandment expressed his faith in the immortality of the soul, and the general resurrection of the dead. This oath, by which Joseph then bound his brethren, their posterity considered as binding on themselves; and Moses took care, when he departed from Egypt, to carry up Joseph's body with him, Exo 13:19; which was afterwards buried in Shechem, Jos 24:32, the very portion which Jacob had purchased from the Amorites, and which he gave to his son Joseph, Gen 48:22; Act 7:16. See the reason for this command as given by Chrysostom, vol. ii., p. 695, sec. D.E.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 50:22-26

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 their return to Canaan in due time. We must comfort others with the same comforts with which we have been comforted of God, and encourage them to rest on the promises which are our support. For a confession of his own faith…

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Genesis 50:25 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvai.yash.Ba'and he made to swear an oathH7650
יוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefJosephH3130
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
פָּקֹ֨דpa.Kodcertainly <to visit>H6485
יִפְקֹ֤דyif.Kodhe will visitH6485
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
וְהַעֲלִתֶ֥םve.ha.'a.li.Temand you will bring upH5927
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַצְמֹתַ֖י'atz.mo.Taibones myH6106
מִזֶּֽה\׃mi.Zehfrom hereH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 50:25

  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

  • Exodus 13:19

    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

  • Acts 7:16

    And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

  • Hebrews 11:22

    By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

  • Genesis 47:29-31

    And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.

  • Genesis 50:5

    My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took an.
5; 47:29-31
and ye.
Ex 13:19; Jos 24:32; Ac 7:16; Heb 11:22

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Context

  • Genesis 50:24

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

  • Genesis 50:25

    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.

  • Genesis 50:26

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

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Genesis 50:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y conjuró José á los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Dios ciertamente os visitará, y haréis llevar de aquí mis huesos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joseph fit jurer les fils d’Israël, disant: Certainement Dieu vous visitera, et vous ferez monter d’ici mes os.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joseph ließ die Söhne Israels schwören und sprach: Gott wird euch gewißlich heimsuchen; so führet meine Gebeine von hier hinauf!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		mortuus est, expletis centum decem vitæ suæ annis. Et conditus aromatibus, repositus est in loculo in Ægypto.