Genesis 39:1

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ,.... By the Ishmaelites, Genesis 37:28 ; as in a following clause:

and Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian ; as his name also shows, which signifies the fruit of Pot or Phut, that is, the son or grandson of one of that name F13 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 671, 672. ; which might be common in Egypt, since it was the name of a son of Ham, Genesis 10:6 , from whom the land of Egypt is called the land of Ham, Psalm 105:23 ; of this man and his offices; see Gill on Genesis 37:36 ,

he bought him : that is, "Joseph":

of the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down thither ; what they gave for him we know, but what they sold him for to Potiphar is not said; no doubt they got a good price for him, and his master had a good bargain too, as appears by what follows.