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Genesis 39:1

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

39:1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt.¹ An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard,² purchased him from³ the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

Genesis 41:12

Context
41:12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant⁴ of the captain of the guards,⁵ was with us there. We told him our dreams,⁶ and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.⁷

¹tn The disjunctive clause resumes the earlier narrative pertaining to Joseph by recapitulating the event described in 37:36. The perfect verbal form is given a past perfect translation to restore the sequence of the narrative for the reader.

²sn Captain of the guard. See the note on this phrase in Gen 37:36.

³tn Heb “from the hand of.”

⁴tn Or “slave.”

⁵tn Heb “a servant to the captain of the guards.” On this construction see GKC 419-20 §129.c.

⁶tn The words “our dreams” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “and he interpreted for us our dreams, each according to his dream he interpreted.”

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