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Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

KJV

πίστει Ἰωσὴφ τελευτῶν περὶ τῆς ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐμνημόνευσεν, καὶ περὶ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ ἐνετείλατο.

Greek NT

Fide Joseph, moriens, de profectione filiorum Israël memoratus est, et de ossibus suis mandavit.

Vulgate

By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

ASV

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the going out of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μνημονεύω
mnemoneuo
verb · 21×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
τελευτάω
teleutao
verb · 11×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐντέλλομαι
entellomai
verb · 16×
ἔξοδος
exodos
noun · 3×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
Ἰωσήφ
ioseph
noun · 35×
ὀστέον
osteon
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Gen 50:24 · paraphrase
    "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."
    Genesis: Joseph gave instructions about his bones — by faith

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:16 — And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
  • Exod 13:19 — And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
  • Gen 50:24 — 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.
  • 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.
  • Josh 24:32 — And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundre
  • Josh 24:32 — And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundre