Psalm 105:16-20

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And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He ^[a]cut off every source of bread.^(A)
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He sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.^(B)
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His feet they hurt with shackles;
^[b]He was put in chains of iron,
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Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true,
The word of the Lord tested and refined him.
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The king sent and released him,
The ruler of the peoples [of Egypt], and set him free.

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Footnotes

Psalm 105:16 Lit broke the whole rod of, referring to the fact that bread was stored as ring-shaped loaves on a rod. If the rod was broken, the loaves fell off and were lost or ruined.
Psalm 105:18 Lit his soul came into.