^{16 Ref} He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

^{17 Ref} He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

^{18 Ref} They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

^{19 Ref} Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true.

^{20 Ref} The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

^{21 Ref} He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;