Study it in the app“Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the chief of the guard, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.”
Now Josephוְיוֹסֵףhad been brought downהוּרַדto Egypt,מִצְרָיְמָהand Potiphar,וַ פּוֹטִיפַרan officialסְרִיסof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹהthe chiefשַׂרof the guard,הַטַּבָּחִיםan Egyptianמִצְרִיman,אִישׁbought himיִּקְנֵהוּfrom the handמִיַּדof the Ishmaelitesהַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhad brought him downהוֹרִדֻהוּthere.שָׁמָּה
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “hurad” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appearsPotiphar
Potiphar, the Egyptian officer who bought Joseph.
Where else “potifar” appearsofficial, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “seris” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsguard
The king's guards.
Where else “tabachim” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsri” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsbuy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “yikne” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsIshmaelite
Ishmaelite: a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar.
Where else “yishmelim” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
1 · This verse (above)
2YHWH was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; and he was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.
1. What it says
What happened to Joseph in Potiphar’s house, and why did he end up in prison (vv. 2-20)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that YHWH was with Joseph even in prison (vv. 21-23)?
3. How I live it
How can you keep your integrity when doing the right thing costs you?
