1728 BC · AM 2277 · Patriarchs

Joseph sold into Egypt

At 17, Joseph was sold by his brothers to Midianite traders and carried to Egypt, where Potiphar bought him (Genesis 37:2, 28, 36). By the arithmetic that is 1728 BC.

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📖 Genesis 37:2–4

2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them. 3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors. 4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

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