Genesis 39:1

Joseph [May he add] was brought down to Egypt [Abode of slavery]. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites [Pays attention God] that had brought him down there.

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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

2Adonai was with Joseph [May he add], and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery].

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Cross References

Genesis 37:28Midianites [Descendants of Strife] who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph [May he add] out of the pit, and sold Joseph [May he add] to the Ishmaelites [Pays attention God] for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph [May he add] into Egypt [Abode of slavery]. + 37:28. Quoted in Acts 7:9

Genesis 45:4Joseph [May he add] said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. “He said, I am Joseph [May he add], your brother, whom you sold into Egypt [Abode of slavery].

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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