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Genesis 50:25

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23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

And 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.”

26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

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BSB
And 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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.
BLB
And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely attend to you⁺, and you⁺ shall carry up my bones from this [place].”
ÅB
Og Josef tok en ed av Israels sønner og sa: Gud skal se til dere, og da skal dere føre beinene mine opp herfra.
OTB
Så fikk Josef Israels sønner til å sverge en ed og sa: “Gud vil sikkert komme dere til hjelp, og dere må føre mine ben opp fra dette stedet.”
B1930
Og Josef tok en ed av Israels sønner og sa: Gud skal visselig se til eder, og da skal I føre mine ben op herfra.

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  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

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  • Exodus 13:19

    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

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  • Acts 7:16

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

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  • Hebrews 11:22

    By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

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  • Genesis 47:29–31

    When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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  • Genesis 50:5

    my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

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