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Tell of His Wonders

Psalms 105:17

In 11 translations

BSB
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
KJV
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
WEB
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
ASV
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
LSV
He has sent a man before them, || Joseph has been sold for a servant.
YLT
He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
DBY
He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
DRC104:17
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
GNV
But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
JPS
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant;
LXXE104:17
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שָׁלַ֣ח לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם אִ֑ישׁ לְ֝עֶ֗בֶד נִמְכַּ֥ר יוֹסֵֽף׃
LXX-Br104:17
Ἀπέστειλεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπον, εἰς δοῦλον ἐπράθη Ἰωσήφ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
  • Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
  • 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 45:4–5Then 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! And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into…
  • Genesis 45:7–8God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his…
  • Genesis 37:27–28Come, 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. So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold…
  • 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.

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  • 104:17 in some Bibles
  • 105:17 in most Bibles

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