Psalms 105:17
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
In Context
16And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
18They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
Cross References
Genesis 37:27It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.
Genesis 37:36The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.
Genesis 45:4And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:7And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.
Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →