Mazmur 105:16-17

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.

[105:16]  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).

[105:17]  ² tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).