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Genesis 37:36

PharaohPotipharEgypt

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
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BSB
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
KJV
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
WEB
The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
ASV
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh`s, the captain of the guard.
DARBY
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.
BLB
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh [and] captain of the guards.
ÅB
Men midianittene solgte ham i Egypt til Potifar, som var hoffmann hos Farao og høvding over livvakten.
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OTB
I Egypt solgte midjanittene Josef til Potifar, en høytstående embetsmann hos Farao, som var høvding over livvakten.
B1930
Men midianittene solgte ham i Egypten til Potifar, som var hoffmann hos Farao og høvding over livvakten.

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  • Genesis 40:4

    The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

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  • Genesis 37:28

    So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

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  • 2 Kings 25:8

    On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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  • Genesis 39:1–23

    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.

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  • Genesis 25:1–2

    Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

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  • Isaiah 56:3

    Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

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  • Esther 1:10

    On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

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