he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
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.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[2] should be kept alive, as they are today.
"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him