Genesis 50:25 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim`s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph`s knees.

Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Genesis 50:25 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.

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "joseph", "took", "oath", "children", "israel", "saying", "surely", and "visit". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "joseph" and "took", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And Joseph said unto his brethren I..." into verse 26's "So Joseph died being a hundred and...", so "joseph" and "took" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "joseph" and "took" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.