Bible Cross References
the Midianites
Genesis 37:28
Then some Midianite traders passed by; and the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis 25:1
Then Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:2
And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 39:1
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
officer
Esther 1:10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven officials who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,
Isaiah 56:3
And do not let the son of the foreigner, who has joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah has utterly separated me from His people. And do not let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
captain
Genesis 39:1-23
1
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
2
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3
And his master saw that Jehovah was with him and that Jehovah made all he did to prosper in his hand.
4
And Joseph found favor in his eyes, and served him. And he appointed him over his house, and all that he had he entrusted to his hand.
5
And it came to pass, from the time that he had appointed him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.
6
Thus he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good looking.
7
And it came to pass after these things that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me.
8
But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has entrusted all that he has into my hand.
9
There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil, and sin against God?
10
And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day after day, that he did not give heed to her, to lie with her or to be with her.
11
And it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house were inside,
12
that she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and went outside.
13
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,
14
that she summoned the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, Behold, he has brought in to us a Hebrew man to make sport of us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
15
And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.
16
So she kept his garment with her until his master came into the house.
17
And she spoke to him with words like these, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to make sport of me;
18
and it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.
19
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, Your servant did to me after this manner, that his anger burned.
20
And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison house, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison house.
21
But Jehovah was with Joseph and extended mercy to him, and He gave him favor in the eyes of the warden of the prison house.
22
And the warden of the prison house entrusted into Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison house; whatever they did there, it was his doing.
23
The warden of the prison house did not oversee anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and whatever he did, Jehovah made it prosper.
Genesis 40:4
And the captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a time.
2 Kings 25:8
And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.