he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
“The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.