Psalms 105:17
he sent before them a man, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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In The King James Version
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
In Context
16When he called down famine on the land, and cut off the bread which sustained them,
18His feet were galled with fetters, he was laid in chains of iron,
Cross References
Genesis 37:27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let us do him no violence, for he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” So his brothers listened to him;
Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold Joseph in Egypt to one of Pharaoh’s court officials, Potiphar, the captain of the guard.
Genesis 45:4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, I beg of you.” So they came near. And he said, “I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:7God sent me before you to keep you alive through a great deliverance and give you descendants on the earth.
Acts 7:9The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but 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 →