Gen 50:24-26
24 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.
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.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Joseph had a tremendous faith in God’s promises. When Joseph was brought before the pharaoh, he was 30 years old. It was then that the 7 years of plenty began. After the 7 years of plenty, there were 2 years of famine before rest of Israel came into Egypt. Genesis chapter 50 tells us that Joseph lived to be 110 years old. 30 + 7 + 2 = 39. 110 – 39 = 71 years that Joseph lived after Israel came into Egypt. And it was 66 years that he lived after the famine ended. The children of Israel, according to Exodus chapter 12, sojourned in Egypt for 430 years. So Joseph lived 71 of those years. And that means that for 359 years, his body laid around waiting for Israel to journey back into the Promise Land. Just to put that into perspective, does anyone know who was president of the United States 359 years ago? (Click Below to Continue Reading...
24 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.
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.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Joseph had a tremendous faith in God’s promises. When Joseph was brought before the pharaoh, he was 30 years old. It was then that the 7 years of plenty began. After the 7 years of plenty, there were 2 years of famine before rest of Israel came into Egypt. Genesis chapter 50 tells us that Joseph lived to be 110 years old. 30 + 7 + 2 = 39. 110 – 39 = 71 years that Joseph lived after Israel came into Egypt. And it was 66 years that he lived after the famine ended. The children of Israel, according to Exodus chapter 12, sojourned in Egypt for 430 years. So Joseph lived 71 of those years. And that means that for 359 years, his body laid around waiting for Israel to journey back into the Promise Land. Just to put that into perspective, does anyone know who was president of the United States 359 years ago? (Click Below to Continue Reading...
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