Psalms 105:17
But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
In Context
16Moreouer, he called a famine vpon ye land, and vtterly brake the staffe of bread.
18They helde his feete in the stockes, and he was laide in yrons,
Cross References
Genesis 37:27Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.
Genesis 37:36And the Midianites solde him into Egypt vnto Potiphar an Eunuche of Pharaohs, and his chiefe stewarde.
Genesis 45:4Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee. And they came neere. And he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:7Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, and to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.
Acts 7:9And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into 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 →