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Potiphar

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pot´i - far ( פּוטיפר , pōṭı̄phar ; compare Egyptian Potiphera ( Genesis 39:1 f)): A high Egyptian official who became the master of Joseph. It is particularly mentioned that he was an Egyptian, i.e. one of the native Egyptian officials at the Hyksos court.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Potiphar'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​p/potiphar.html. 1915.
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