Verse 17

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

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  • Acts 7:9 : 9 Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.
  • Gen 37:36 : 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done—the saving of many lives.
  • Gen 37:27-28 : 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed. 28 When the Midianite merchants passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
  • Gen 45:4-5 : 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.' 5 Now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 But God sent me ahead of you to establish a remnant for you on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and a ruler throughout Egypt.