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Genesis 37:36
“The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.”
Verse in context — Genesis 37
34
Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.
36
The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
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