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 from ³  the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

Genesis 40:3

40:3 so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 41:10

41:10 Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker.

Genesis 41:12

41:12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant ⁴  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 

[39:1]  ¹ tn 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.

[39:1]  ² sn Captain of the guard. See the note on this phrase in Gen 37:36.

[39:1]  ³ tn Heb “from the hand of.”

[41:12]  ⁴ tn Or “slave.”

[41:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “a servant to the captain of the guards.” On this construction see GKC 419-20 §129.c.

[41:12]  ⁶ tn The words “our dreams” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[41:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he interpreted for us our dreams, each according to his dream he interpreted.”