Psalms 105:17 · KJV
“He sent a man before them, {even} Joseph, {who} was sold for a servant:”
— Psalms 105:17
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: {he...: Heb. his soul came into iron}
Psalms 105 — Context
{Saying}, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17He sent a man before them, {even} Joseph, {who} was sold for a servant:
18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: {he...: Heb. his soul came into iron}
19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
Cross References
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Genesis 37:36
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, {and} captain of the guard. {officer: Heb. eunuch: but the word doth signify not only eunuchs, but also chamberlains, courtiers, and officers} {captain...: or, chief marshal: Heb. chief of the slaughter men, or executioners}
Genesis 45:4-5
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.
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.
Genesis 37:27-28
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. {were...: Heb. hearkened}
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 45:7-8
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. {to preserve...: Heb. to put for you a remnant}