⁹ “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,^(A) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.^(B) But God was with him^(C)

³⁶ Meanwhile, the Midianites^[a](A) sold Joseph^(B) in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.^(C)

²⁰ You intended to harm me,^(A) but God intended^(B) it for good^(C) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.^(D)

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.”^(A) When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!^{(B) 5} And now, do not be distressed^(C) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,^(D) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.^(E)

⁷ But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant^(A) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.^[a](B)

⁸ “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.^(C) He made me father^(D) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.^(E)

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

39 Now Joseph^(A) had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard,^(B) bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.^(C)

²⁷ Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother,^(A) our own flesh and blood.^(B)” His brothers agreed.

²⁸ So when the Midianite^(C) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern^(D) and sold^(E) him for twenty shekels^[a] of silver^(F) to the Ishmaelites,^(G) who took him to Egypt.^(H)