GENESIS 50:25

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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Genesis 50:25 Translation & Meaning

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And Joseph יוֹסֵ֔ף Joseph, the name of seven Israelites Joseph
took an oath וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע To seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) took oath
of אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) of
the children בְּנֵ֥י A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) children
of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
God אֱלֹהִים֙ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
will surely פָּקֹ֨ד To visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc surely
visit יִפְקֹ֤ד To visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc visit
you, and ye shall carry up וְהַֽעֲלִתֶ֥ם To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative carry up
my bones עַצְמֹתַ֖י A bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame bones
from hence. מִזֶּֽה׃ The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that hence

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  • 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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