Hebrews 11:22
New International Version
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

New Living Translation
It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, said confidently that the people of Israel would leave Egypt. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left.

English Standard Version
By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

Berean Standard Bible
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Berean Literal Bible
By faith Joseph, dying, made mention concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions concerning his bones.

King James Bible
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

New King James Version
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

New American Standard Bible
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

NASB 1995
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

NASB 1977
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

Legacy Standard Bible
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave commands concerning his bones.

Amplified Bible
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, referred to [the promise of God for] the exodus of the sons of Israel [from Egypt], and gave instructions concerning [the burial of] his bones [in the land of the promise].

Christian Standard Bible
By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

American Standard Version
By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Contemporary English Version
And right before Joseph died, he had faith that God would lead the people of Israel out of Egypt. So he told them to take his bones with them.

English Revised Version
By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
While Joseph was dying, faith led him to speak about the Israelites leaving Egypt and give them instructions about burying his bones.

Good News Translation
It was faith that made Joseph, when he was about to die, speak of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and leave instructions about what should be done with his body.

International Standard Version
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelis and gave them instructions about burying his bones.

Majority Standard Bible
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

NET Bible
By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

New Heart English Bible
By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones.

Webster's Bible Translation
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Weymouth New Testament
Through faith Joseph, when he was near his end, made mention of the departure of the descendants of Israel, and gave orders about his own body.

World English Bible
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
By faith Joseph, dying, made mention concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel, and gave command concerning his bones.

Berean Literal Bible
By faith Joseph, dying, made mention concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions concerning his bones.

Young's Literal Translation
by faith, Joseph dying, concerning the outgoing of the sons of Israel did make mention, and concerning his bones did give command.

Smith's Literal Translation
By faith Joseph, dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel: and charged concerning his bones.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the going out of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version
By faith, Joseph, as he was dying, recalled the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave a commandment concerning his bones.

New American Bible
By faith Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke of the Exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

New Revised Standard Version
By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his burial.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
By faith Joseph, when he died made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
By faith, when Joseph was dying, he related the exodus of the children of Israel and gave orders about his bones.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Godbey New Testament
By faith Joseph, dying, made mention concerning the exodus of the children of Israel; and commanded concerning his own bones.

Haweis New Testament
By faith Joseph, approaching his end, made mention of the children of Israel’s departure thence; and gave a charge respecting his bones.

Mace New Testament
by faith Joseph when he died, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave directions concerning his burial.

Weymouth New Testament
Through faith Joseph, when he was near his end, made mention of the departure of the descendants of Israel, and gave orders about his own body.

Worrell New Testament
By faith Joseph, when approaching his end, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

Worsley New Testament
By faith Joseph when he died, mentioned the departure of the children of Israel and gave a charge concerning his bones.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Faith of Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. 22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones. 23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.…

Cross References
Genesis 50:24-25
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” / And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Exodus 13:19
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

Acts 7:15-16
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. / Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

Genesis 15:13-14
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

Genesis 46:3-4
“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. / I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:29-30
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. / The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

Genesis 35:12
The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Genesis 41:41-43
Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.” / Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck. / He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:4-9
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! / And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. / For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. ...

Genesis 47:29-31
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, / but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.” / “Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.


Treasury of Scripture

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

faith.

Genesis 50:24,25
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…

Exodus 13:19
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

made mention of.

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Hebrews 11
1. What faith is.
6. Without faith we cannot please God.
7. The examples of faithfulness in the fathers of old time.














By faith
The phrase "By faith" is a recurring theme in Hebrews 11, often referred to as the "Faith Chapter." The Greek word for faith, "pistis," implies a deep trust and confidence in God. This faith is not merely intellectual assent but a profound reliance on God's promises, even when they are not yet visible. Joseph's faith was rooted in the covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, demonstrating a trust that transcended his immediate circumstances.

Joseph
Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob and the firstborn of Rachel, is a pivotal figure in the Genesis narrative. His life, marked by trials and triumphs, is a testament to God's providence and faithfulness. Despite being sold into slavery and unjustly imprisoned, Joseph rose to become the second most powerful man in Egypt. His account is a powerful illustration of God's ability to bring good out of evil, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture.

when his end was near
This phrase indicates the nearing of Joseph's death. In Genesis 50:24-25, Joseph, aware of his mortality, speaks to his brothers about God's promise to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. His awareness of his impending death did not diminish his faith; rather, it strengthened his resolve to ensure that his descendants would remember God's promises. This reflects a deep-seated belief in the continuity of God's covenant, even beyond one's lifetime.

spoke about the exodus of the Israelites
Joseph's reference to the exodus is significant. The Greek word "exodos" means "departure" or "going out." Joseph's prophetic declaration about the Israelites' future liberation from Egypt underscores his faith in God's promises. This anticipation of the exodus, which would occur centuries later, highlights Joseph's understanding of God's redemptive plan and his role within it. It serves as a reminder of the importance of looking beyond present circumstances to the fulfillment of God's promises.

and gave instructions about his bones
Joseph's instructions concerning his bones, as recorded in Genesis 50:25, were a testament to his unwavering faith in God's promise to give the land of Canaan to his descendants. By requesting that his bones be carried out of Egypt, Joseph was making a profound statement of faith in the future fulfillment of God's covenant. This act of faith was later honored in Exodus 13:19, when Moses took Joseph's bones with him during the exodus. It serves as a powerful reminder of the enduring nature of faith and the importance of leaving a legacy of faith for future generations.

(22) When he died.--Literally, drawing to his end. The word is taken from Genesis 50:26; and the mention of the departure (literally, the Exodus) of the children of Israel is found in Hebrews 11:24-25. This example of faith in the promise and clinging to the hope which it held forth needs no comment. For the fulfilment of Joseph's dying request see Exodus 13:19, "Moses took the bones of Joseph with him" out of Egypt; and Joshua 24:32, "And the bones of Joseph buried they in Shechem."

Verse 22. - By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the departing (Exodus) of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. The reference is to Genesis 50:24, 25, which, after what has been said above, requires no further comment.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
By faith
Πίστει (Pistei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

Joseph,
Ἰωσὴφ (Iōsēph)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2501: Joseph, a proper name. Of Hebrew origin; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.

when his end was near,
τελευτῶν (teleutōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5053: To end, finish, die, complete. From a presumed derivative of teleo; to finish life, i.e. Expire.

spoke about
ἐμνημόνευσεν (emnēmoneusen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3421: From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

exodus
ἐξόδου (exodou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1841: (a) an exit, going out, departure from a place; the exodus, (b) death. From ek and hodos; an exit, i.e. death.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Israelites
Ἰσραὴλ (Israēl)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2474: Of Hebrew origin; Israel, the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

gave instructions
ἐνετείλατο (eneteilato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1781: To give orders (injunctions, instructions, commands). From en and the base of telos; to enjoin.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

bones.
ὀστέων (osteōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3747: A bone. Or contracted ostoun of uncertain affinity; a bone.


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