International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Potiphar

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Potiphar


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pot´i-far (פּוטיפר, pōṭı̄phar; compare Egyptian Potiphera ( 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.