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Josephיוֹסֵףmadeוַthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלswear,יַּשְׁבַּעsaying,לֵאמֹר“Elohimאֱלֹהִיםwill surely attend toפָּקֹד יִפְקֹדyou,אֶתְכֶםand you shall carry upוְהַעֲלִתֶםmy bonesאֶת עַצְמֹתַיfrom here.”מִזֶּה
Genesis 50:25
Study it in the app“Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “Elohim will surely attend to you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 50:25, word by word
- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- swearיַּשְׁבַּעyashba
put under oath
To make someone swear.
Where else “yashba” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- will surely attend toפָּקֹדpakod
attend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “pakod” appears- and you shall carry upהַעֲלִתֶםhaalitem
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haalitem” appears- my bonesעַצְמֹתַatsmota
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmota” appears
Translation note
So it was fulfilled: Moses took Joseph’s bones when leaving Egypt (Exodus 13:19), and they were buried in Shechem (Joshua 24:32).
The context
24Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but Elohim will surely attend to you and bring you up from this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
25 · This verse (above)
26Joseph died a hundred and ten years old; they embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
To study Genesis 50 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?