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Verse	Translation	Text
Heb 11:22	Strong Concordance	By faith [4102] Joseph [2501], when he died [5053], made mention [3421] of [4012] the departing [1841] of the children [5207] of Israel [2474]; and [2532] gave commandment [1781] concerning [4012] his [846] bones [3747].
	King James	By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
when he died--"when dying." the departing--"the exodus" (Gen 50:24-25). Joseph's eminent position in Egypt did not make him regard it as his home: in faith he looked to God's promise of Canaan being fulfilled and desired that his bones should rest there: testifying thus: (1) that he had no doubt of his posterity obtaining the promised land: and (2) that he believed in the resurrection of the body, and the enjoyment in it of the heavenly Canaan. His wish was fulfilled (Jos 24:32; Act 4:16).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

when he died--"when dying."

the departing--"the exodus" (Gen 50:24-25). Joseph's eminent position in Egypt did not make him regard it as his home: in faith he looked to God's promise of Canaan being fulfilled and desired that his bones should rest there: testifying thus: (1) that he had no doubt of his posterity obtaining the promised land: and (2) that he believed in the resurrection of the body, and the enjoyment in it of the heavenly Canaan. His wish was fulfilled (Jos 24:32; Act 4:16).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
By faith Joseph, when he died - When about to die; see Gen 50:24-25. Made mention of the departing of the children of Israel - Margin, "remembered." The meaning is, that he called this to their mind; he spake of it. "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." This prediction of Joseph could have rested only on faith in the promise of God. There were no events then occurring which would be likely to lead to this, and nothing which could be a basis of calculation that it would be so, except what God had spoken. The faith of Joseph, then, was simple confidence in God; and its strength was seen in his firm conviction that what had been promised would be fulfilled, even when there were no appearances that to human view justified it. And gave commandment concerning his bones - Gen 50:25. "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." He had such a firm belief that they would possess the land of promise, that he exacted an oath of them that they would remove his remains with them, that he might be buried in the land of his fathers. He could not have exacted this oaths, nor could they have taken it, unless both he and they had a sure confidence that what God had spoken would be performed.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
When he died (τελευτῶν) Comp. Gen 1:26, lxx. The verb means to finish or close, with life understood. Always in this sense in N.T. See Mat 2:19; Mat 9:18; Luk 7:2, etc. Never used by Paul. Rend. "when near his end." Made mention of (περὶ - ἐμνημόνευσεν) See on Heb 11:15. A.V. has remembered in marg. Remembered is appropriate here. Joseph on his death-bed remembered the promise of God to give the land of Canaan to the seed of Abraham (Gen 12:7; Gen 13:15; Gen 15:7), and also the prediction to Abraham that his descendants should pass four hundred years in bondage in a strange land, and should afterward be brought out thence, Gen 15:13, Gen 15:14. The departing of the children of Israel (τῆς ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν Ισραὴλ) Ἔξοδος only here, Luk 9:31 (note) and Pe2 1:15 (note). Ὁι υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ is one of several phrases in N.T. denoting the chosen people. There are also house (οἶκος) and people (λαὸς) of Israel, and Israel of God, and Israel according to the flesh. And gave commandment (καὶ ἐνετείλατο) Καὶ and so; in consequence of his remembering the prophecy of the exodus. The verb indicates a specific injunction (ἐντολή). See on Ti1 6:14.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Concerning his bones - To be carried into the land of promise.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Joseph, when he died - Τελευτων, When he was dying, gave commandment concerning his bones. On this subject I refer the reader to the notes on Gen 50:25 (note). And I have this to add to the account I have given of the sarcophagus now in the British Museum, vulgarly called Alexander's coffin, that it is more probably the coffin of Joseph himself; and, should the time ever arrive in which the hieroglyphics on it shall he interpreted, this conjecture may appear to have had its foundation in truth.

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¹⁶ Saying [3004], What [5101] shall we do [4160] to these [5125] men [444]? for [1063] that [3754] indeed [3303] a notable [1110] miracle [4592] hath been done [1096] by [1223] them [846] is manifest [5318] to all them [3956] that dwell [2730] in Jerusalem [2419]; and [2532] we cannot [3756] [1410] deny [720] it.

³² And the bones [06106] of Joseph [03130], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] brought up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], buried [06912] they in Shechem [07927], in a parcel [02513] of ground [07704] which Jacob [03290] bought [07069] of the sons [01121] of Hamor [02544] the father [01] of Shechem [07927] for an hundred [03967] pieces of silver [07192]: and it became the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Joseph [03130].

²⁴ And Joseph [03130] said [0559] unto his brethren [0251], I die [04191]: and God [0430] will surely [06485] visit [06485] you, and bring you out [05927] of this land [0776] unto the land [0776] which he sware [07650] to Abraham [085], to Isaac [03327], and to Jacob [03290].
²⁵ And Joseph [03130] took an oath [07650] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], God [0430] will surely [06485] visit [06485] you, and ye shall carry up [05927] my bones [06106] from hence [02088].

²⁵ And Joseph [03130] took an oath [07650] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], God [0430] will surely [06485] visit [06485] you, and ye shall carry up [05927] my bones [06106] from hence [02088].

¹⁴ That thou [4571] keep [5083] this commandment [1785] without spot [784], unrebukeable [423], until [3360] the appearing [2015] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:

¹⁵ Moreover [1161] [2532] I will endeavour [4704] that ye [5209] may be able [2192] after [3326] my [1699] decease [1841] to have [4160] these things [5130] always [1539] in remembrance [3420].

³¹ Who [3739] appeared [3700] in [1722] glory [1391], and spake [3004] of his [846] decease [1841] which [3739] he should [3195] accomplish [4137] at [1722] Jerusalem [2419].

¹⁴ And also that nation [01471], whom they shall serve [05647], will I judge [01777]: and afterward [0310] [03651] shall they come out [03318] with great [01419] substance [07399].

¹³ And he said [0559] unto Abram [087], Know [03045] of a surety [03045] that thy seed [02233] shall be a stranger [01616] in a land [0776] that is not theirs, and shall serve [05647] them; and they shall afflict [06031] them four [0702] hundred [03967] years [08141];

⁷ And he said [0559] unto him, I am the LORD [03068] that brought thee out [03318] of Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], to give [05414] thee this land [0776] to inherit [03423] it.

¹⁵ For all the land [0776] which thou seest [07200], to thee will I give it [05414], and to thy seed [02233] for [05704] ever [05769].

⁷ And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto Abram [087], and said [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this [02063] land [0776]: and there builded [01129] he an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], who appeared [07200] unto him.

¹⁵ And [2532] truly [3303], if [1487] they had been mindful [3421] of that [1565] country from [575] whence [3739] they came out [1831], they might [302] have had [2192] opportunity [2540] to have returned [344].

² And [1161] a certain [5100] centurion's [1543] servant [1401], who [3739] was [2258] dear [1784] unto him [846], was [2192] sick [2560], and ready [3195] to die [5053].

¹⁸ While he [846] spake [2980] these things [5023] unto them [846], behold [2400], there came [2064] a certain [1520] ruler [758], and worshipped [4352] him [846], saying [3004], [3754] My [3450] daughter [2364] is even now [737] dead [5053]: but [235] come [2064] and lay [2007] thy [4675] hand [5495] upon [1909] her [846], and [2532] she shall live [2198].

¹⁹ But [1161] when Herod [2264] was dead [5053], behold [2400], an angel [32] of the Lord [2962] appeareth [5316] in [2596] a dream [3677] to Joseph [2501] in [1722] Egypt [125],

²⁶ And God [0430] said [0559], Let us make [06213] man [0120] in our image [06754], after our likeness [01823]: and let them have dominion [07287] over the fish [01710] of the sea [03220], and over the fowl [05775] of the air [08064], and over the cattle [0929], and over all the earth [0776], and over every creeping thing [07431] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776].