Hebrews 11:22 “By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the…”

Hebrews 11:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

By faith Ioseph when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel, and gaue commandement of his bones.

Darby Translation

By faith Joseph [when] dying called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment 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.

Bible in Basic English

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.

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Cross references

“faith”

Exodus 13:19 Joshua 24:32 Acts 7:16 Genesis 50:24 Genesis 50:25

Exodus 13:19 · BSB

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 · BSB

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…

Acts 7:16 · BSB

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 50:24 · BSB

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.”

Genesis 50:25 · BSB

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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

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.

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