Psalms 105:17
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
In Context
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Cross References
Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh: and his brethren were content.
Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Genesis 45:4And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you: and they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Genesis 45:7And God sent me before you, to preserve for you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph 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 →