Genesis 50
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Summary
Jacob's body is embalmed in Egypt, and then Joseph takes his father’s body into Canaan and buries him there. Israel's family grows, and Joseph prophesies that the Israelites will return to the land of Canaan once more. Joseph dies and is buried in Egypt.
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Further Reading
Matthew J. Arp, “Joseph Knew First: Moses, the Egyptian Son,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 187–198.
Book of Mormon Central, “How Lehi Likened the Scriptures to Himself (2 Nephi 3:18),” KnoWhy 418 (March 22, 2018).
Matthew L. Bowen, and Loren Blake Spendlove. “‘Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,” in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273–298.
Matthew L. Bowen, “’And They Shall Be Had Again’: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in Moses 1:41 in View of the So-called Canon Formula,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 297–304.
James R. Clark, “Joseph of Egypt: Writings of Joseph,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:761–762.
Liesel C. McBride, “Joseph of Egypt: Seed of Joseph,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:762.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.
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