(Gen. 48-50) How fitting that the book of beginnings should end with a dozen or so prophetic statements about the future. The children of Israel who were leaving Egypt with Moses would have been the first recipients of Genesis. They would have needed encouragement from the life of Joseph and an accurate account of their heritage and connection with God to remind them who would be leading them back to Canaan. Joseph's last words demonstrate his tremendous faith as he requests that his descendants take his bones with them when they leave Egypt.