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Potiphar or Potifar (Hebrew פּוֹטִיפַר / פּוֹטִיפָר, Standard Hebrew Potifar, Tiberian Hebrew Pôṭîp̄ar / Pôṭîp̄ār; Egyptian origin: p-di-p-rʿ "the one whom Ra gave.") is mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. After Joseph had been brought to ancient Egypt, having been sold into slvery by his own brothers, it was Potiphar who purchased him (Joseph) as a household slave. Joseph was appointed the head of Potiphar's houselhold, and it was in that capacity that he escaped the attempt to seduce him by the wife of Potiphar, according to the narrative in Genesis.
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