The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 123
Joseph 13
Potiphar ranked third with Pharaoh as chief of all the eunuchs and had wives, children, and concubines.
1nd Potiphar was persuaded by her words, and commanded the merchant to be brought, and said unto him, What is this that I hear, that thou stealest souls out of the land of the Hebrews, and sellest them for slaves?
2 The merchant therefore fell upon his face, and besought him, saying, I beseech thee, my lord, I know not what thou sayest.
3 And he said, Whence then is thy Hebrew servant?
4 And he said, The Ishmaelites entrusted him to me until they should return.
5 And he believed him not, but commanded him to be stripped and beaten.
6 And when he persisted, Potiphar said, Let the youth be brought.
7 And when I was brought in, I did obeisance to the chief of the eunuchs—for he was third in rank with Pharaoh, being chief of all the eunuchs, and having wives and children and concubines.
8 And he took me apart from him, and said unto me, Art thou a slave or free?
9 And I said, A slave. And he said unto me, Whose slave art thou?
10 And I said unto him, The Ishmaelites’. And again he said unto me, How becamest thou their slave?
11 And I said, They bought me out of the land of Canaan.
12 And he believed me not, and said, Thou liest: and he commanded me to be stripped and beaten.
Did You Know?
Potiphar ranked third with Pharaoh as chief of all the eunuchs and had wives, children, and concubines.
Potiphar accused the merchant of stealing souls out of the land of the Hebrews and selling them for slaves.
The merchant fell upon his face and besought Potiphar, saying he knew not what was said.
The merchant claimed the Ishmaelites had entrusted the Hebrew youth to him until they should return.
Disbelieving the youth was an Ishmaelite slave bought from Canaan, Potiphar commanded him stripped and beaten.
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