Day 126 – Review Genesis 50
Genesis 50 – From Mourning to Hope
Scripture Reading – Genesis 50:20-26
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 50:20 KJV
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Genesis 50:21 KJV
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Genesis 50:22 KJV
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
Genesis 50:23 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.
Genesis 50:24 KJV
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.
Genesis 50:25 KJV
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Genesis 50:26 KJV
Scripture Review
Genesis 50 begins with Joseph upon his father’s face and ends with Joseph in a coffin. Between those deaths, Jacob is carried to Canaan, the brothers’ fear is answered, evil is named, God’s purpose is confessed, and mercy becomes nourishment. Death frames the chapter, but promise governs it. Jacob’s grave and Joseph’s bones both point beyond Egypt.
The title verse does not float above the story as an easy saying. It grows out of decades of betrayal, slavery, faithfulness, waiting, authority, repentance, and reconciliation. Joseph can say “God meant it unto good” without calling the brothers’ act good. He then proves his confidence by refusing God’s place as avenger and by caring for the people who once harmed him. Providence produces hope, humility, and kindness rather than superiority.
The family meant to mourn, keep burial promises, manage fear, and secure peace after the deaths that changed their household.
God meant to confirm His sovereign good, establish reconciliation, and carry the hope of deliverance forward through Jacob’s grave and Joseph’s bones.
What this asks of me
I want Genesis 50:20 to shape more than my explanation of the past. If I trust God’s rule, I can surrender revenge, tell the truth about evil, do present good, and keep hope beyond the grave. The doctrine of providence should make my hands kinder and my faith steadier in the unfinished chapter.
Consider
- Has my belief in providence made me humbler, kinder, and less determined to avenge myself?
- What unfinished promise can I carry in faith even if its completion belongs to another generation?