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Psalms 105:17
Psalms 105:17 is verse 17 of Psalms chapter 105, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
King James Version
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.
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Psalms 105:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 45:5And 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.
Genesis 45:7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:8Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
Genesis 37:27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
Genesis 37:28So 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 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
Genesis 39:1Meanwhile, 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 45:4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him