| NET © | He sent a man ahead of them 1 – Joseph was sold as a servant. |
| NIV © | and he sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave. |
| NASB © | He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
| NLT © | Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them––Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
| MSG © | But he sent a man on ahead: Joseph, sold as a slave. |
| BBE © | He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price: |
| NRSV © | he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. |
| NKJV © | He sent a man before them––Joseph–– who was sold as a slave. |
| KJV | He sent <07971> (8804) a man <0376> before <06440> them, [even] Joseph <03130>_, [who] was sold <04376> (8738) for a servant <05650>_: |
| HEBREW | Powy <03130> rkmn <04376> dbel <05650> sya <0376> Mhynpl <06440> xls (105:17) <07971> |
| LXXM | (104:17) apesteilen <649> V-AAI-3S emprosyen <1715> PREP autwn <846> D-GPM anyrwpon <444> N-ASM eiv <1519> PREP doulon <1401> N-ASM eprayh <4097> V-API-3S iwshf <2501> N-PRI |
| NET © [draft] ITL | He sent <07971> a man <0376> ahead <06440> of them– Joseph <03130> was sold <04376> as a servant .<05650> |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37). |