Psalm 105:12-23

Common English Bible

¹² When they were few in number—
        insignificant, just immigrants—
¹³         wandering from nation to nation,
        from one kingdom to the next,
¹⁴     God didn’t let anyone oppress them.
    God punished kings for their sake:
¹⁵     “Don’t touch my anointed ones;
    don’t harm my prophets!”

¹⁶ When God called for a famine in the land,
    destroying every source of food,
¹⁷         he sent a man ahead of them,
            who was sold as a slave: it was Joseph.
¹⁸ Joseph’s feet hurt in his shackles;
        his neck was in an iron collar,
¹⁹     until what he predicted actually happened,
        until what the Lord had said proved him true.^[a]
20 The king sent for Joseph and set him free;
    the ruler of many people released him.
²¹ The king made Joseph master of his house and ruler over everything he owned,
²²     to make sure his princes acted according to his will,
    and to teach wisdom to his advisors.
²³ That’s how Israel came to Egypt,
    how Jacob became an immigrant in the land of Ham.