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Joseph sits in an Egyptian prison near empty grain vessels.
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Psalms 105:16-19

Joseph was sold as a slave

Give thanks to Yahweh; call on his name · Psalms 105

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16He summoned a famine against the land; he broke every staff of bread.

17He sent a man ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave.

18They hurt his feet with shackles; he was put in irons.

19Until the time his word came to pass, the word of Yahweh refined him.

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