Potiphar

Scripture references

• Genesis 37:36

  Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials and commander of the guard.

• Genesis 39:1

  Now Joseph had been taken down into Egypt. Potiphar the Egyptian, one of Pharaoh's officials and commander of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.

• Genesis 39:4

  he was pleased with Joseph and made him his personal attendant; and his master put him in charge of his household, entrusting him with all his possessions.

• Genesis 39:6

  So he left Joseph to handle all his possessions, and with him there, concerned himself with nothing beyond the food he ate.

• Genesis 39:19

  When his master heard his wife say, 'This was how your slave treated me,' he became furious.

• Genesis 39:20

  Joseph's master had him arrested and committed to the gaol where the king's prisoners were kept.

• Genesis 40:3

  and put them in custody in the house of the commander of the guard, in the gaol where Joseph was a prisoner.

• Genesis 40:4

  The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them to attend to their wants, and they remained in custody for some time.