Genesis 50:4-6 (KJV)
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
Genesis 50:24-25 (KJV)
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.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.
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.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.
As powerful as Joseph became in Egypt he was never more than a slave.
- He was not free to come and go as he pleased
- He was not free to be buried where he pleased
And as powerful as he became,
- He always longed for home
It would do us well to remember that, no matter how successful we might be in this world, we are but slaves here. The best we can ask is that we may live quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty, and very often we have not been granted even that.
We are here but for a time. While we are here it becomes us to
- Know God more,
- Serve God faithfully and
- Look to God for that day we arrive in our eternal home
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Genesis 50:4-6 (KJV) Longing For Home
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