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Genesis 39:1

“Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.”

Verse in context — Genesis 39

1

Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.

2

Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3

His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.

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