Genesis 39:1

Therfor Joseph was led in to Egipt, and Putifar, `chast and onest seruaunt of Farao, prince of the oost, a man of Egipt, bouyte hym of the hondis of Ismaelitis, of which he was brouyt.

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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

2And the Lord was with hym, and he was a man doynge with prosperite in alle thingis. And Joseph dwellide in `the hows of his lord,

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Cross References

Genesis 37:28and whanne marchauntis of Madian passiden forth, thei drowen hym out of the cisterne, and seelden hym to Ismaelitis, for thriytti platis of siluer; whiche ledden hym in to Egipt.

Genesis 45:4To whiche he seide mekeli, Neiye ye to me. And whanne thei hadden neiyed nyy, he seide, Y am Joseph youre brother, whom ye selden in to Egipt;

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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