Genesis 50:22-26
God’s promises extend beyond one generation, calling His people to live and die in anticipation of future fulfillment.
22 Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
23 Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
24 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.”
25 Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
God’s promises extend beyond one generation, calling His people to live and die in anticipation of future fulfillment.
To conclude the book of Genesis by recording Joseph’s final years, his expression of faith in God’s future deliverance, and his request concerning his bones.
Jacob Is Buried in the Land of Promise, Joseph Reassures His Brothers, and God’s Sovereign Good Stands over Human Evil
At the close of Genesis, Jacob is buried in the land of promise, Joseph interprets his brothers’ evil under God’s sovereign purpose for good, and the covenant family is left waiting in faith for God to visit and bring them up from Egypt.