Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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

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Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel

16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. 17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. 18 They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,

Cross References

Acts 7:9

and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

Genesis 37:36

And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

Genesis 50:20

As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

Genesis 37:27-28

Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he is our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

Genesis 39:1

And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither.

Genesis 45:4-5

And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, 'I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

Genesis 45:7-8

and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

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