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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
On fit descendre Joseph en Egypte; et Potiphar, officier de Pharaon, chef des gardes, Egyptien, l'acheta des Ismaélites qui l'y avaient fait descendre.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
χῆς ἄνευ συμπαραλήψεως αἰσθητηρίων. τούτων μία τῶν γυναικῶν ἐστιν ἡ Πεντεφρῆ τοῦ Φαραὼ ἀρχιμαγείρου (Gen. 39, 1 ss.)· ὃς πῶς ἔχει γυναῖκα εὐνοῦχος ὤν, ἐπισκεπτέον· τοῖς γὰρ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ νόμου πραγματευομένοις πρὸ ἀλληγορίας ἀκολουθήσει τὸ δοκοῦν ἀπορεῖσθαι· ὁ γὰρ εὐνοῦχος καὶ ἀρ…
Philo Judaeus
Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis
, ἄρχων τε καὶ εὐεργέτης ἐστίν. ἕτερος δέ τις φιλοσώματος καὶ φιλοπαθὴς νοῦς πραθεὶς τῇ ἀρχιμαγείρῳ (Gen. 39, 1) τοῦ συγκρίματος ἡμῶν ἡδονῇ καὶ ἐξευνουχισθεὶς τὰ ἄρρενα καὶ γεννητικὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μέρη πάντα, σπάνει κεχρημένος καλῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων, ἀκοὴν παραδέξασθαι θείαν ἀδυνατῶν, ἐ…
Philo Judaeus
De Ebrietate
γεται γὰρ ἑτέρωθι· „κατήχθη δὲ Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐκτήσατο αὐτὸν εὐνοῦχος Φαραώ, ἀρχιμάγειρος“ (Gen. 39,1), καὶ πάλιν· „ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τῷ σπάδοντι Φαραώ, ἀρχιμαγείρῳ“ (Gen. 37,36). τίνος δὴ χάριν οὔτ’ ἀνὴρ οὔτε γυνὴ τῶν λεχθέντων οὐδὲν ἁπλῶς ἐπιτέτραπται; ἢ ὅτι σπείρειν…
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