Genesis 39:1

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Petephres the eunuch of Pharao, the + 39:1 Gr. chief cook. The same Hebrew word טבח signifies a cook, who was also a butcher; and a guardsman, who was also an executioner.captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ismaelites, who brought him down thither.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

In Context

2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:28And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.

Genesis 45:4And Joseph said to his brethren, Draw nigh to me; and they drew nigh; and he said, I am your brother Joseph, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:1

At this chapter we return to the story of Joseph. We have him here, I. A servant, a slave in Potiphar's house ( ver. 1 ), and yet there greatly honoured and favoured, 1. By the providence of God, which made him, in effect, a master, ver. 2-6 . 2. By the grace of God, which made him more than a conqueror over a strong temptation to uncleanness, ver. 7-12 . II. We have him here a sufferer, falsely accused ( ver. 13-18 ), imprisoned ( ver. 19, 20 ), and yet his imprisonment made both honourable and comfortable by the… Read the whole commentary →

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