Genesis 50:22-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 50:22-26

Here is, I. The prolonging of Joseph's life in Egypt: he lived to be a hundred and ten years old, Gen. 50:22. Having honoured his father, his days were long in the land which, for the present, God had given him; and it was a great mercy to his relations that God continued him so long, a support and comfort to them. II. The building up of Joseph's family: he lived to see his great-grand-children by both his sons (Gen. 50:23), and probably he saw his two sons solemnly owned as heads of distinct... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:22

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house ,.... Comfortably, quietly, and in great prosperity, not only he, but his brethren and their families, as long as he lived: and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years ; and all but seventeen of them in Egypt, for at that age it was when he was brought thither: thirteen years he lived in Potiphar's house, and in prison, for he was thirty years of age when he was brought to Pharaoh, and stood before him, and fourscore years he lived in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation ,.... His great grandchildren's children; and which shows, as most interpreters observe, that Jacob's prediction, that Ephraim should be the greatest and most numerous, very early began to take place: and the children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees ; Machir had but one son by his first wife, whose name was Gilead; but marrying a second wife, he had two sons, Peresh and Sheresh; see 1... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die ,.... Some time before his death he called them together, and observed to them, that he expected to die in a little time, as all must: and God will surely visit you ; not in a way of wrath and vindictive justice, as he sometimes does, but in a way of love, grace, and mercy: and bring you out of this land ; the land of Egypt, in which they then dwelt: unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; meaning the land of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:25

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel ,.... Not of his brethren only, but of their posterity, as many of them as were now grown up, that so it might be communicated from one to another, and become well known to that generation which should depart out of Egypt: saying, God will surely visit you ; which he repeats for the certainty of it, and that it might be observed: and ye shall carry up my bones from hence ; when they should go from thence to Canaan's land; he did not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old ,.... The exact age assigned him by Polyhistor F24 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 425. , from Demetrius an Heathen. The Jewish writers F25 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 4. 1. & T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 13. 2. say, that he died the first of the twelve patriarchs, though he was the youngest of them; he died, according to Bishop Usher F26 Annalea Vet. Test. A. M. 2369. , in the year of the world 2369, and before... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:22

Joseph dwelt in Egypt - Continued in Egypt after his return from Canaan till his death; he, and his father's house - all the descendants of Israel, till the exodus or departure under the direction of Moses and Aaron, which was one hundred and forty-four years after. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:23

Were brought up upon Joseph's knees - They were educated by him, or under his direction; his sons and their children continuing to acknowledge him as patriarch, or head of the family, as long as he lived. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:24

Joseph said - I die - That is, I am dying; and God will surely visit you - he will yet again give you, in the time when it shall be essentially necessary, the most signal proof of his unbounded love towards the seed of Jacob. And bring you out of this land - Though ye have here every thing that can render life comfortable, yet this is not the typical land, the land given by covenant, the land which represents the rest that remains for the people of God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 50:25

Ye shall carry up my bones - That I may finally rest with my ancestors in the land which God gave to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and which is a pledge as it is a type of the kingdom of Heaven. Thus says the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 11:22 ; : "By Faith Joseph, when he died, ( τελευτων , when dying), made mention of the departure ( εξοδου , of the Exodus) of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. From this it is evident that Joseph... read more

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