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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."
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Faith in God's Promise
On his deathbed, Joseph's focus was not on his great legacy in Egypt but on God's covenant promise to his ancestors. Commentators see this as a supreme act of faith, commended in Hebrews 11:22. His final words express unwavering confidence that God would be faithful to visit His people and bring them to the promised land, modeling a hope that looks beyond present circumstances.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
God will ... bring you out of this land. —This is, first, a proof of Joseph’s faith, commended in Hebrews 11:22; and, sec…
16th Century
Protestant
And Joseph said unto his brethren. It is uncertain whether Joseph died the first or the last of his brothers, or whether some of them surv…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die Some time before his death he called them together, and observed to them, that h…
Joseph, having honored his father, his days were long in the land which, for the present, God had given him. When he saw his death approaching, he …
