Genesis 50:24

24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but ¹God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land ²that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. ”

Genesis 50:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die
Some time before his death he called them together, and observed to them, that he expected to die in a little time, as all must:

and God will surely visit you;
not in a way of wrath and vindictive justice, as he sometimes does, but in a way of love, grace, and mercy:

and bring you out of this land;
the land of Egypt, in which they then dwelt:

unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
meaning the land of Canaan, which he swore to those patriarchs that he would give to their posterity.

Genesis 50:24 In-Context

22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father’s house. Joseph lived 110 years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph’s own.

24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. ”

25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here. ”

26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Cross References

• 1. 50:24 ch. 15:14; 46:4; 48:21; Ex. 3:16, 17; [Heb. 11:22]
• 2. 50:24 ch. 15:18; 26:3; 28:13; 35:12; 46:4