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Psalms 105:17
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He had sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them. Yosef was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
Then he sent a man ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man ahead of them— Joseph was sold as a servant.
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
He sent a man before them,Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them-Joseph, sold as a slave.
But he had already sent Joseph, sold as a slave into Egypt,
but sent a man ahead of them — Yosef, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant,
But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave.
He sent a man before them, Joseph, being sold for a slave;
But he had sent a man before them, euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant;
Hee sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was sold for a seruant.
But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
He sente a man bifore hem; Joseph was seeld in to a seruaunt.
He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave:
He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant:
He sent a man before them-- Joseph--who was sold as a slave.
Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent a man, Joseph, before them who was sold as a servant.
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold - even Joseph;
(104-17) He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
He sent: Genesis 45:5, Genesis 45:7, Genesis 45:8, Genesis 50:20
Joseph: Genesis 37:27, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1, Genesis 45:4, Acts 7:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:52 - the land Genesis 41:57 - all countries Genesis 49:26 - was separate Psalms 146:7 - looseth Acts 5:19 - General Hebrews 11:36 - bonds
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He sent a man before them, even Joseph,.... Who, though but a lad of seventeen years of age when he was sold into Egypt, yet was a grown man when he stood before Pharaoh, and interpreted his dreams of plenty and famine to come; and advised him to lay up store in the years of plenty, against the years of famine; by which he appeared to be a wise man, as the Targum here calls him; see Genesis 37:3. Him God sent before into Egypt; before Jacob and his sons went down thither, to make provision for them, to support them in the time of famine, and preserve their lives. God is said to send him, though his brethren sold him out of envy; there being such a plain hand of Providence in this matter; and which is observed by Joseph himself over and over again,
Genesis 45:5, in which he was a type of Christ, in whom all provisions are made, and by whom they are communicated unto his people; who all receive out of his fulness, and grace for grace.
Who was sold for a servant: either "to a servant": as to Potiphar, as Aben Ezra, who was a servant of Pharaoh's; or rather to be a servant, as Joseph was in his house: he was sold for twenty pieces of silver, as Christ, his antitype, for thirty; the price of a servant,
Genesis 37:28, and who not only appeared in the form of a servant, but did the work of one: and a faithful and righteous servant he was to his Father, and on the behalf of his people.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He sent a man before them - That is, He so ordered it by his providence that a man - Joseph - was sent before the family of Jacob into Egypt, that he might make arrangements for their reception and preservation. The whole matter was as God had sent him, or had commanded him to go. And yet it was brought about as the result of a series of acts of the most wicked character; by the envy and the hatred of his brethren; by their guilt and hardness of heart in proposing at first to put him to death, and then in their arrangements for selling him to hopeless slavery; by their plan so to dispose of him that their father might never hear of him again, and that they might be troubled with him no more. God did not cause these acts. He did not command them; he did not approve of them. And yet, since they did occur, and since Josephâs brethren were so wicked, God made use of these things to accomplish his own benevolent purposes, and to carry out his great designs. So he makes use of the passions of wicked people at all times to execute his plans (compare the notes at Isaiah 10:5-7; see also Psalms 76:10; and Genesis 50:20); and so he will do to the end of time. People are free in their wickedness; but God is equally free in frustrating their schemes, and overruling their designs for the accomplishment of his own purposes.
Who was sold for a servant - For a slave; Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1.
