Psalms 105:17
He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
In Context
16And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
18They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,
Cross References
Genesis 37:27Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother — our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.
Genesis 37:36And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.
Genesis 45:4And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, 'I [am] Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;
Genesis 45:7and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;
Acts 7:9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to 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 →