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Hebrews 11:22

IsraelJoseph
FaithDeath and lossHope

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

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

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

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BSB
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
KJV
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
WEB
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
ASV
By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
DARBY
By faith Joseph [when] dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.
BLB
By faith Joseph, finishing [life], made mention concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave commands concerning his bones.
ÅB
Ved tro talte Josef på sitt siste om Israels barns utgang og gav påbud om sine ben.
OTB
Ved tro talte Josef, nær slutten av sitt liv, om israelittenes utgang og ga instruksjoner om sine ben.
B1930
Ved tro talte Josef på sitt siste om Israels barns utgang og gav påbud om sine ben.

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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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  • Genesis 50:24–25

    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.”

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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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  • 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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