TT #76 · Parashas Vayechi · Passuk 50:25
So Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “When God has taken notice of you, you shall carry up my bones from here.”
Torah Temimah cites Sotah 13a.
English: For what reason was Joseph called “Bones” even during his lifetime? Because he did not protest for his father’s honor when they said to him, “Your servant our father,” and he said nothing.
Ethical derash on Joseph’s failure to protest language that diminished his father.
The name “bones” is treated as a measure-for-measure consequence of Joseph’s silence when his brothers repeatedly called Jacob his servant.