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Psalm 105:16–17

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16When he qsummoned a famine on the land

and rbroke all supply1 of bread,

17he had ssent a man ahead of them,

Joseph, who was tsold as a slave.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Hebrew staff

Cross references

  1. qGen. 41:54; [2 Kgs. 8:1; Hag. 1:11]
  2. rLev. 26:26; Isa. 3:1; Ezek. 4:16; [Ps. 104:15]
  3. sGen. 45:5; 50:20
  4. tGen. 37:28, 36; Acts 7:9

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He called down famine on the land

and destroyed all their supplies of food;

and he sent a man before them—

Joseph, sold as a slave.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He called down famine against the land

and destroyed the entire food supply.

He had sent a man ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

NLTNew Living Translation

He called for a famine on the land of Canaan,

cutting off its food supply.

Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he called for a famine upon the land;

he broke every supply of bread.

He sent a man on ahead of them;

Joseph was sold as a slave.

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land:

He brake the whole staff of bread.

He sent a man before them,

Even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: