Cross references

Psalm 105:17

He sent a man before them—

Joseph, sold as a slave.

Psalm 105:17 BSB

Psalm 105:17 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 7:9 (8 votes) and Genesis 37:36 (7 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 37 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Psalm 105:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Acts 7:98 votes

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

  2. Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

  3. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

  4. As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

  5. Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed. So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

  6. Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

  7. God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Which verses point to Psalm 105:17?

The 10 strongest of 15.