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Psalms 105:17

Joseph

15 “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
KJV
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
WEB
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
ASV
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
DARBY
He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
BLB
He sent before them a man, [to] be sold as a slave—Joseph.
ÅB
Han sendte en mann foran dem, til slave ble Josef solgt.
OTB
Han sendte en mann foran dem,
Josef, som ble solgt som slave.
B1930
Han sendte en mann foran dem, til træl blev Josef solgt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 7:9

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

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  • Genesis 37:36

    Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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  • Genesis 50:20

    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

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  • Genesis 45:4–5

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!

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  • Genesis 39:1

    Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

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  • Genesis 37:27–28

    Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

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  • Genesis 45:7–8

    God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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