Genesis 37:27 records the brothers' plot to sell Joseph — the specific event the psalm refers to as 'sold as a slave'.

Genesis 37:28 describes the actual sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites — the fulfillment of the psalm's 'sold as a slave'.

Genesis 37:36 shows Joseph sold in Egypt to Potiphar — the destination of the 'man sent before them' in the psalm.

Genesis 39:1 recounts Joseph being bought by Potiphar in Egypt — the same enslavement mentioned in the psalm.

Genesis 45:4 has Joseph identify himself as the brother sold into Egypt — confirming the psalm's reference to his sale.

Genesis 45:5 confirms that God sent Joseph ahead, directly paralleling Psalm 105:17's statement.

In Genesis 45:7, Joseph reveals God sent him ahead to preserve life — the very purpose behind the psalm's statement that God sent Joseph as a slave.

Genesis 45:8 emphasizes it was God, not the brothers, who sent Joseph — directly echoing the psalm's 'He sent a man before them'.

Genesis 50:20 summarizes God's redemptive plan: brothers meant evil, God meant good — the theological core of Joseph's being sent ahead.

Acts 7:9 repeats the same history: patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt — a New Testament echo of the psalm's account.

Genesis 41:57 shows the outcome of Joseph's sending: all nations come to him for grain, fulfilling God's plan to save many.