he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.