Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here." So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Genesis 50:25-26 (ESV)
Genesis begins with life and ends with death. But even with death, there is the promise of something more. Joseph did not want his remains to reside inside the boundaries of the world’s superpower at the time; he was looking towards what God said He would do – the Promised Land. And God was faithful (Ex 13:19). He still is.
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