New Revised Standard Version
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Contemporary English Version
But he had already sent Joseph, sold as a slave into Egypt,

New American Bible
He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

he sent

Genesis 45:5,7,8 Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation. . . .

Genesis 50:20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Joseph

Genesis 37:27,28,36 It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words. . . .

Genesis 39:1 And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites, by whom he was brought.

Genesis 45:4 And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Acts 7:9 And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,