KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joseph saith unto his brethren, ‘I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 50
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
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.
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.
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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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיוֹסֵף֙H3130 · yo.sephJosephאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶחָ֔יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאָנֹכִ֖יH595 · a.no.khiIמֵ֑תH4191 · mutto dieוֵֽאלֹהִ֞יםH430 · e.lo.himGodפָּקֹ֧דH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listיִפְקֹ֣דH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listאֶתְכֶ֗םH853 · et[Obj.]וְהֶעֱלָ֤הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶתְכֶם֙H853 · et[Obj.]מִן־H4480 · minfromהָאָ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַזֹּ֔אתH2063 · zotthisאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֕רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichנִשְׁבַּ֛עH7650 · sha.vato swearלְאַבְרָהָ֥םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamלְיִצְחָ֖קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacוּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃H3290 · ya.a.qovJacob
Cross-references
Exodus 3:16-17Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;Genesis 35:12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.Genesis 28:13And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Genesis 46:4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.Genesis 48:21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.Genesis 13:17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.Genesis 15:18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:Genesis 13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.Genesis 15:14-16And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.Genesis 15:7And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.Genesis 12:7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.Hebrews 11:22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.Deuteronomy 1:8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.Exodus 33:1And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:Numbers 32:11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:Ecclesiastes 12:5Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:Genesis 50:5My 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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