my father made me take an oath, saying, “I am about to die. You must bury me there in the tomb that I made for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father. Then I will return.’
Genesis 50:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: ‘When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joseph took an oath from the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you will carry up my bones from here. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Joseph made Israel’s sons promise, “When God takes care of you, you must bring up my bones out of here.” Catholic Public Domain Version he died, having completed one hundred and ten years of his life. And having been embalmed with aromatics, he was laid to rest in a coffin in Egypt. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he was laid in a coffin in Egypt. |
my father made me take an oath, saying, “I am about to die. You must bury me there in the tomb that I made for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father. Then I will return.’
So he led the people around towards the Red Sea along the road of the wilderness. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt in battle formation.
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites swear a solemn oath, saying, ‘God will certainly come to your aid; then you must take my bones with you from this place.’
And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites #– #a land flowing with milk and honey.
and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey #– #the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.
Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. , It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
She and her daughters-in-law set out to return from the territory of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the Lord had paid attention to his people’s need by providing them with food.