Psalms 105:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

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  • Acts 7:9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,
  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  • Gen 37:27-28 : 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content. 28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
  • Gen 45:4-5 : 4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

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  • Ps 105:18-21
    4 verses
    82%

    18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

    19Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him.

    20The king sent and released him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

    21He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions:

  • Ps 105:16
    81%

    16Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole support of bread.

  • Gen 45:4-5
    2 verses
    79%

    4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

    5Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

  • Gen 39:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

    2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.

    28Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

    8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 37:36
    76%

    36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

  • Acts 7:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but God was with him,

    10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 46:28
    76%

    28And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 43:17
    75%

    17And the man did as Joseph ordered; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

  • Gen 37:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

  • Gen 45:17
    74%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 50:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,

    17So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin, for they did unto you evil, and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

    18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

  • Gen 39:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5And from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.

    6And he left all that he had in Joseph's care; and he did not concern himself with anything except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well-favored.

  • Gen 41:55
    73%

    55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.

  • Acts 7:12
    73%

    12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

  • Gen 43:15
    73%

    15And the men took that gift, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Ps 81:5
    73%

    5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt; where I heard a language that I did not understand.

  • Gen 47:12
    73%

    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Gen 40:3
    73%

    3And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

  • Gen 39:20
    72%

    20And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.