Genesis 50:22-26

50:22 Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. ¹  Joseph lived 110 years. 50:23 Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. ²  He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph. ³ 

50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to you ⁴  and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give ⁵  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 50:25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.” 50:26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. ⁶  After they embalmed him, his body ⁷  was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

[50:22]  ¹ tn Heb “he and the house of his father.”

[50:23]  ² tn Heb “saw Ephraim, the children of the third.”

[50:23]  ³ tn Heb “they were born on the knees of Joseph.” This expression implies their adoption by Joseph, which meant that they received an inheritance from him.

[50:24]  ⁴ tn The verb פָּקַד (paqad) means “to visit,” i.e., to intervene for blessing or cursing; here Joseph announces that God would come to fulfill the promises by delivering them from Egypt. The statement is emphasized by the use of the infinitive absolute with the verb: “God will surely visit you.”

[50:24]  ⁵ tn The words “to give” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[50:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “son of a hundred and ten years.”

[50:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “he.”