Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

King James Version

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Holman Bible

So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”

International Standard Version

So Joseph made all of Israel's other children make this promise: "Because God is certainly going to take care of you, you are to carry my bones up from here."

A Conservative Version

And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from here.

American Standard Version

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Amplified

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel (Jacob) swear [an oath], saying, “God will surely visit you and take care of you [returning you to Canaan], and [when that happens] you shall carry my bones up from here.”

Bible in Basic English

Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.

Darby Translation

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will certainly visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence.

Julia Smith Translation

And Joseph will cause the sons of Israel to swear, saying, God reviewing, will review you and bring ye up my bones from here.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall bring up my bones from here."

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel and said, "God will not fail but visit you: see therefore that ye carry my bones hence."

NET Bible

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."

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear saying, - God will, surely concern, himself for you, So shall ye carry up my bones, from hence.

Webster

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, 'God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this place.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Joseph
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

took an oath
שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

you, and ye shall carry up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

my bones
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

The Death Of Joseph

24 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.” 26 So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.


Cross References

Exodus 13:19

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.”

Joshua 24:32

Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.

Hebrews 11:22

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

Genesis 47:29-31

When the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt,

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

Acts 7:16

From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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