Genesis 39:1

New Living Translation

When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:28

So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.

Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.

Genesis 40:3

and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.

Genesis 45:4

“Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.

Psalm 105:17

Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them— Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Acts 7:9

“These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him