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IV

16 Then he called down a famine on the land,
    destroyed the grain that sustained them.[a](A)
17 He had sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(B)
18 They shackled his feet with chains;
    collared his neck in iron,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 105:16 The grain that sustained them: lit., every “staff of bread.”

16 He called down famine(A) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(B)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(C)
    his neck was put in irons,

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