# Genesis 50 📖: God Meant It for Good [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Genesis Overview]] | [[Genesis 49]] | [[Exodus 01]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Burials of Jacob and Joseph [[#Verse 01.]] Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.  [[#Verse 02.]] Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.  [[#Verse 03.]] They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. [[#Verse 04.]] When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,  [[#Verse 05.]] ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, “I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”  [[#Verse 06.]] So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do.” [[#Verse 07.]] So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh’s officials went with him—the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,  [[#Verse 08.]] all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.  [[#Verse 09.]] Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage. [[#Verse 10.]] When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.  [[#Verse 11.]] When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. [[#Verse 12.]] So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them.  [[#Verse 13.]] His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.  [[#Verse 14.]] After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father. [[#Verse 15.]] When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”  [[#Verse 16.]] So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:  [[#Verse 17.]] ‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.  [[#Verse 18.]] Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”  [[#Verse 19.]] But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?  [[#Verse 20.]] As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.  [[#Verse 21.]] So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them. [[#Verse 22.]] Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father’s family. Joseph lived 110 years.  [[#Verse 23.]] Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph. [[#Verse 24.]] Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”  [[#Verse 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.”  [[#Verse 26.]] So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Embalming took forty days, and Egypt mourned Jacob for seventy days (50:3). 2. Egyptian embalming was a detailed process designed to preserve the body. 3. A large Egyptian escort traveled with Jacob's funeral to Canaan (50:7-9). 4. The Canaanites named the place Abel Mizraim, "mourning of Egypt" (50:11). 5. Joseph wept when his brothers asked for forgiveness (50:17). 6. Joseph lived to 110 (50:22), an age Egyptians considered the ideal lifespan. 7. Joseph saw Ephraim's great-grandchildren (50:23). 8. Joseph's coffin was carried out during the exodus (Exodus 13:19) and buried at Shechem (Joshua 24:32). 9. Hebrews 11:22 points to Joseph's instructions about his bones as an act of faith. 10. Genesis begins with life in a garden and ends with a coffin in Egypt, setting the stage for the rescue of Exodus. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One through whom God turns evil into good for many. What Joseph's brothers meant for harm, God used to preserve many lives (50:20), and through the cross God brought salvation to many (Romans 5:19). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Joseph's brothers still feared he would take revenge (50:15). Why can it be hard to believe forgiveness is real? 2. Joseph asked, "Am I in the place of God?" (50:19). How does trusting God's justice free us to forgive? 3. Joseph asked for his bones to be carried to the promised land (50:25). What does that show about his faith? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 19: Joseph refuses to take God's place. - 📖 verse 20: What others meant for harm, God intended for good. - 📖 verse 24: God will surely come to help you and bring you to the promised land. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Romans 08#Verse 28.|Romans 8:28]] - God works all things for good. - 🔗 [[Exodus 13#Verse 19.|Exodus 13:19]] - Moses takes Joseph's bones. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 11#Verse 22.|Hebrews 11:22]] - Joseph spoke of the exodus by faith. - 🔗 [[Joshua 24#Verse 32.|Joshua 24:32]] - Joseph's bones buried at Shechem. - 🔗 [[Romans 12#Verse 19.|Romans 12:19]] - Leave room for God's justice. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Genesis 50- SOAP|All Things Work Together for Good]] ## 📂 Internal Notes