105:16 He called down a famine upon the earth;
he cut off all the food supply. 1
105:17 He sent a man ahead of them 2 –
Joseph was sold as a servant.
1 tn Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53-57).
2 tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).