Genesis 50:25 (WEB)

Passage

Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:23 Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

Genesis 50:24 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.”

Genesis 50:25 Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being one hundred 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 "Joseph said to his brothers I am..." into verse 26's "So Joseph died being one hundred ten...", 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.