Genesis 37:36
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The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

the Midianites.

Genesis 37:28 And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.

Genesis 25:1,2 And Abraham married another wife named Cetura: . . .

Genesis 39:1 And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites, by whom he was brought.

officer.

Esther 1:10 Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well warmed with wine, he commanded Mauman, and Bazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs that served in his presence,

Isaiah 56:3 And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.

captain.

Genesis 39:1-23 And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites, by whom he was brought. . . .

Genesis 40:4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

2 Kings 25:8 In the fifth month, the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan, commander of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.

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Context
Jacob Mourns Joseph
35And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping, 36The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.
Cross References
Genesis 39:1
And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites, by whom he was brought.

Genesis 40:3
He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

Genesis 41:12
There was there a young man a Hebrew, servant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams,

Psalm 105:17
He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

Jeremiah 39:9
And Nabuzardan the general of the army carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and the fugitives that had gone over to him, and the rest of the people that remained.

Lexicon
Meanwhile, the Midianites
וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים (wə·ham·mə·ḏā·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4084: Midianite -- a descendant of Midian

sold
מָכְר֥וּ (mā·ḵə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4376: To sell

[Joseph]
אֹת֖וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Egypt
מִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

to Potiphar,
לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ (lə·p̄ō·w·ṭî·p̄ar)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6318: Potiphar

an officer
סְרִ֣יס (sə·rîs)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5631: A eunuch, valet, a minister of state

of Pharaoh
פַּרְעֹ֔ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

[and] captain
שַׂ֖ר (śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

of the guard.
הַטַּבָּחִֽים׃ (haṭ·ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook


Additional Translations
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.
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