Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
He sent
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Bible References
He sent
Genesis 45:5
"I'm your brother Joseph, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt!" he told them. "But don't be distressed or angry at yourselves because you sold me here, because God sent me ahead of you all in order to deliver us.
Genesis 50:20
As far as you're concerned, you were planning evil against me, but God intended it for good, planning to bring about the present result so that many people would be preserved alive.
Joseph
Genesis 37:27
Come on! Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites! That way, we won't have laid our hands on him. After all, he's our brother, our own flesh."
Genesis 39:1
Meanwhile, Joseph had been delivered to Egypt and turned over to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials and the Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards. An Egyptian, he bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
Genesis 45:4
Joseph implored his brothers, "Please come close to me." So they did.
Acts 7:9
"Joseph's brothers became jealous of him and sold Joseph as a slave in Egypt. However, God was with him
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Acts 5:19
But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and led them out. The angel told them,