Genesis 40:15

stolen away i.e. "kidnapped": see Genesis 37:28. According to E Joseph was not sold by his brethren, but stolen by the Midianites.

the land of the Hebrews For the use of the word "Hebrew," cf. Genesis 14:13; Genesis 39:14 and Genesis 41:12. It was the designation in use by foreigners for "the dwellers in Palestine." In Joseph's mouth the phrase is an anachronism, even if it means the whole region in which the Hebrew races of Israel, Ishmael, Moab, Ammon, and Edom, were establishing themselves. Whether "the Hebrews" are to be identified with the Ḥabiriof the Tel-el-Amarna tablets, is a disputed question. But "the land of the Hebrews" is not a Hebrew phrase that would naturally be used of Canaan before it had been conquered and occupied by the tribes of Israel. See Appendix D, ii., iii. on the Ḥabiriand the -Apuriu.

and here also … the dungeon This clause is very probably introduced by the Compiler in order to harmonize the present chapter with the account of Joseph's position in Genesis 39:20-23. LXX εἰς τὸν λάκκον τοῦτον, Lat. in lacum.