Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant.

New American Standard Bible

He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

He sent a man before them Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Bible in Basic English

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

Darby Translation

He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave.

Modern King James verseion

He sent a man before them, Joseph, being sold for a servant;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant,

NET Bible

He sent a man ahead of them -- Joseph was sold as a servant.

New Heart English Bible

He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

The Emphasized Bible

He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold - even Joseph;

Webster

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

World English Bible

He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

Youngs Literal Translation

He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He sent
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

מכר 
Makar 
sell, seller, at all
Usage: 80

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel

16 And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant. 18 They hurt his feet with fetters. He was placed in iron.

Cross References

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,

Genesis 37:36

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

Genesis 50:20

And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for 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 Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers hearkened to him.

Genesis 39:1

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

Genesis 45:4-5

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 ye sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:7-8

And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

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