Gen 50:24-26 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 50:24-25: 50:24-25 God will surely come to help you (literally visit you ): These words of Joseph, given twice, summarize the hope expressed throughout both the Old Testament and the New Testament. God’s visitation in the person of the Messiah, the offspring of Abraham, would bring the curse to an end and establish the long-awaited blessing of God in a new creation. The company of the faithful would wait in expectation for that to happen. • Like his father before him, Joseph made his brothers promise that his bones would be taken out of Egypt when God would come to take them ( to help you and lead you back ) to Canaan (see Exod 13:19 ; Josh 24:32 ; Heb 11:22 ).

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bExod 13:19►

cJosh 24:32►

dHeb 11:22►

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fExod 13:19►

gHeb 11:39-40►

hJosh 24:32►

iGen 37:13►

‏ Genesis 50:24-26

Summary for Gen 50:24-25: 50:24-25 ^a God will surely come to help you (literally visit you): These words of Joseph, given twice, summarize the hope expressed throughout both the Old Testament and the New Testament. God’s visitation in the person of the Messiah, the offspring of Abraham, would bring the curse to an end and establish the long-awaited blessing of God in a new creation. The company of the faithful would wait in expectation for that to happen.

• Like his father before him, Joseph made his brothers promise that his bones would be taken out of Egypt when God would come to take them (to help you and lead you back) to Canaan (see Exod 13:19 ^b; Josh 24:32 ^c; Heb 11:22 ^d).
50:26 ^e Joseph’s death signified the end of his generation (see study notes on 25:7-8; 35:1-29) and of the patriarchal age. From this point forward, God dealt with Israel as a nation.

• Joseph’s body was kept in Egypt as a pledge of hope for slaves awaiting the Promised Land (see Exod 13:19 ^f; Heb 11:39-40 ^g). He was eventually buried in Shechem (see Josh 24:32 ^h), where Jacob had originally sent him (Gen 37:13 ⁱ).