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Potiphar

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

(An officer of Pharaoh. The LXX has "eunuch" even though he had a wife)

Joseph' s master

  • Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
  • Genesis 39:1 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “potiphar” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.