1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Genesis 50:24

And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, *carry my bones with you out of this place:

Exodus 13:19.; Josue 24:32.

Visit you with various persecutions; or will fulfil his promises. --- Carry my bones. He would have them to keep his bones till the time of their departure, as an earnest that they should certainly obtain the land of Chanaan; and thus his bones were visited, and after death, they prophesied, Ecclesiasticus 49:18. Perhaps the Egyptians would have been offended, (Worthington) if the corpse of Joseph had been removed out of the country immediately, as that of Jacob was; and they might have taken occasion hence to envy and persecute his brethren. (Haydock)