¹⁷ He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

⁹ and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

³⁶ And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

²⁰ As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as `at' this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

²⁷ Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he `is' our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

²⁸ And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

¹ And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither.

⁴ And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

⁵ and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

⁷ and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

⁸ and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.