Genesis 39:1 ESV

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 39:1

am 2276, bc 1728 Joseph: Genesis 37:36, Genesis 45:4, Psalms 105:17, Acts 7:9 the Ishmeelites: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28 Reciprocal: Genesis 17:13 - bought Genesis 30:24 - And she Genesis 40:4 - the captain Genesis 41:12 - servant Genesis 42:23 - he spake unto them by an interpreter Genesis 46:19 - Joseph Numbers 1:32 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 39:1

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.The Jews have a proverb, If the world did but know the worth of good men, they would hedge them about with pearls. Joseph was sold to an officer of Pharaoh, with whom he might get acquainted with public persons, and public business, and so be fitted for the preferment he was afterwards designed for. What God... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:1

JOSEPH IN SLAVERY AND IN PRISON, Genesis 39:1-23. 1. Down to Egypt “Down from the Syrian Plains to the Desert, and down the Desert to the Nile Valley . The life of the chosen family now mingles for centuries with the stream of Egyptian civilization . The saviour of the Hebrew people, like his divine antitype, was to descend to the lowest depths that he might rise to the loftiest heights . ‘Down into Egypt,’ was down to the darkness of infamy also, in the estimation of men, where God was... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 39:1

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 39:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:1

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