Psalm 105:17
New International Version
and he sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

New Living Translation
Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

English Standard Version
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Berean Standard Bible
He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

King James Bible
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

New King James Version
He sent a man before them— Joseph—who was sold as a slave.

New American Standard Bible
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

NASB 1995
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

NASB 1977
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Legacy Standard Bible
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Amplified Bible
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Christian Standard Bible
He had sent a man ahead of them — Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He had sent a man ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

American Standard Version
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold to slavery.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

Contemporary English Version
But he had already sent Joseph, sold as a slave into Egypt,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

English Revised Version
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He sent a man ahead of them. He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Good News Translation
But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

International Standard Version
He sent a man before them— Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant;

Literal Standard Version
He has sent a man before them, | Joseph has been sold for a servant.

Majority Standard Bible
He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

New American Bible
He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.

NET Bible
He sent a man ahead of them--Joseph was sold as a servant.

New Revised Standard Version
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

New Heart English Bible
He sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.

Webster's Bible Translation
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

World English Bible
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

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Context
Tell of His Wonders
16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. 17He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave. 18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,…

Cross References
Acts 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1
Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Genesis 45:5
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.


Treasury of Scripture

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

he sent

Genesis 45:5,7,8
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life…

Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Joseph

Genesis 37:27,28,36
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content…

Genesis 39:1
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

Genesis 45:4
And Joseph said unto 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.

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Psalm 105
1. An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his works
7. The story of God's providence over Abraham
16. Over Joseph
23. Over Jacob in Egypt
26. Over Moses delivering the Israelites
37. Over the Israelites brought out of Egypt, fed in the desert, and planted in Canaan.














(17) Repeats Joseph's own explanation, twice given, of the ways of Providence in his life (Genesis 45:5; Genesis 1:20).

Verse 17. - He sent a man before them, even Joseph. This is the real sense, though it is not fully expressed in the Hebrew. On the providential sending of Joseph into Egypt, see his own words, "God did send me before you, to preserve life" (Genesis 45:5). Who was sold for a servant (comp. Genesis 33:28, 36; Genesis 39:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He sent
שָׁלַ֣ח (šā·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

a man
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

before them—
לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם (lip̄·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

Joseph,
יוֹסֵֽף׃ (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

sold
נִמְכַּ֥ר (nim·kar)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4376: To sell

as a slave.
לְ֝עֶ֗בֶד (lə·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant


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