Genesis 50:23 (DRB)

Passage

After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:21 Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.

Genesis 50:22 And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father's house; and lived a hundred and ten years. And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the sons of Manasses, were born on Joseph's knees.

Genesis 50:23 After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Genesis 50:24 And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my bones with you out of this place:

Genesis 50:25 And he died, being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed, he was laid in a coffin in Egypt.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "told", "brethren", "visit", "death", "make", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "told", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And he dwelt in Egypt with all..." into verse 24's "And he made them swear to him...", so "after" and "told" 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 "after" and "told" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.