Psalms 44:12

44:12 You sold your people for a pittance;

you did not ask a high price for them.

Psalms 105:17

105:17 He sent a man ahead of them

Joseph was sold as a servant.


tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”

tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”

tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).