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Potiphar

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: P By: George A. Morrish

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Pharaoh’s captain of the guard, to whom Joseph was sold (Gen. 37:36³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. (Genesis 37:36); Gen. 39:1¹And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. (Genesis 39:1)).

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