“ He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: ”
He sent a man before them - That is, He so ordered it by his providence that a man - Joseph - was sent before the family of Jacob into Egypt, that he might make arrangements for their reception a...
CV. Hebrew History from Abraham to Joshua. Psalms 105:1-6 . Introductory. An invitation to praise God. Psalms 105:7-11 . The covenant and promise of Canaan. Psalms 105:12-25 . Yahweh's ki...
sent . had sent. man. Hebrew. 'ish. them . their face. Even Joseph. Compare Genesis 37:28 .
17. He sent a man before them This whole passage graphically teaches us, that whatever befell that people was by the hand and counsel of God. The simple recital would have been to say, that...
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. -The circumstances leading to the bringing of the heirs of the promise into Egypt. The Providence of God, so f...
This Ps. and the following one form a closely connected pair, and may be looked on as by the same author. From the closing vv. of Psalms 106 it appears that they were written after the first return...
Repeats Joseph’s own explanation, twice given, of the ways of Providence in his life ( Genesis 45:5 ; Genesis 1:20 ).
Psalms 105:1-45 IT is a reasonable conjecture that the Hallelujah at the end of Psalms 104:1-35 , where it is superfluous, properly belongs to this psalm, which would then be assimilated to Psal...
Wonders in Egypt Psalms 105:16-30 The psalmist retells the story of Joseph, as a link in the chain of providences which secured the fulfillment of the Covenant. It may be that it was also intro...
This and the following psalm are companions. They reveal the two sides of the relation between God and His people during a long period. This one sings the song of His faithfulness and power; while th...
The Reader will hardly need information as to what part of the Church's history this refers. Everyone who is in the daily habit of reading his Bible, will recollect it. When the Lord determined to ca...
GOD’S PREVISIONS ‘But He had sent a man before them.’ Psalms 105:17 . (Prayer Book Version). I. Israel went down into Egypt to buy food, and found one of themselves at the head of the governm...
He sent a man before them, even Joseph ,.... Who, though but a lad of seventeen years of age when he was sold into Egypt, yet was a grown man when he stood before Pharaoh, and interpreted his dreams...
He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant: Ver. 17. He sent a man before them ] An eminent and eximious man, Cuius vita fuit coelum quoddam lucidissimis virtutum stel...
He called for a famine That is, he brought a famine upon the land. He brake the whole staff of bread Bread, which is the staff or support of men's lives. He sent a man before them Who was to no...
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for e...
He sent, by the direction of his secret providence.
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Perowne, “like the 78th and the 106th, has for its theme the early history of Israel, and God’s wonders wrought on behalf of the nation; but it differs from both thos...
Psalms 105:17 I. Israel went down into Egypt to buy food, and found one of themselves at the head of the government; and from that Divine provision flowed in natural order the whole after-Bible st...
This psalm, to Psalms 105:15 , is the same as 1 Chronicles 16:8 : whence it is evident that David was the author. It celebrates the dealings of God with Israel, from the call of Abraham to their se...
EXPOSITION This is sometimes called a "Hallelujah psalm," since it ends with that phrase. It is a song of praise to God for his dealings with his people, resembling in its general character Psa...
Thanksgiving for God's Benefits. After an exhortation to praise God, directed especially to the congregation of Israel, the psalmist offers his reasons for the admonition presented, in a summary o...
Acts 7:9 ; Genesis 37:27 ; Genesis 37:28 ; Genesis 37:36 ; Genesis 39:1 ; Genesis 45:4 ; Genesis 45:5 ; Genesis 45:7 ; Genesis 45:8 ; Genesis 50:20