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

Genesis 39:1

1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. ^{▼▼ 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.} An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, ^{▼▼ Captain of the guard. See the note on this phrase in Gen 37:36.} purchased him from ^{▼▼ Heb “from the hand of.”} the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.