New Revised Standard Version
He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:

Contemporary English Version
The descendants of Joseph were told to obey it, when God led them out from the land of Egypt. In a voice unknown to me, I heard someone say:

New American Bible
He made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

in Joseph

Psalm 77:15 With thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.

Psalm 80:1,2 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth . . .

Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.

for a

Psalm 78:6 That another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.

Exodus 13:8,9,14-16 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: This is what the Lord did to me when I came forth out of Egypt. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:45 And these are the testimonies and ceremonies and judgments, which he spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,

Ezekiel 20:20 And sanctify my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you: and that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

through.

Exodus 12:12,27,29 And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments; I am the Lord. . . .

where

Psalm 114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

Deuteronomy 28:49 The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,

Isaiah 28:11 For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.

Jeremiah 5:15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.

1 Corinthians 14:21,22 In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people: and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord. . . .