GenesisChapter 39

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¹Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. Potiphar was an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard. ²The LORD was with Joseph, and he did well in all he did. He worked in the house of his Egyptian master. ³His master saw that the LORD was with Joseph. He saw that the LORD made everything Joseph did go well. ⁴So Joseph pleased him, and he became Potiphar's own helper. Potiphar put him in charge of his house. He trusted Joseph with everything he owned. ⁵From that time on, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house because of Joseph. That started when Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his house and all he owned. The LORD's blessing was on everything he owned, in his house and in his fields. ⁶So Potiphar left everything he owned in Joseph's care. He didn't worry about anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was strong and handsome. ⁷After a while, his master's wife began to want Joseph. She said, "Sleep with me." ⁸But he said no. "Listen," he said to his master's wife. "With me here, my master doesn't worry about anything in his house. He has trusted me with everything he owns. ⁹No one in this house is greater than I am. He has kept nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a terrible, evil thing? How could I sin against God?" ¹⁰Potiphar's wife talked to Joseph day after day. But he would not go to bed with her. He would not even be near her. ¹¹But one day Joseph went into the house to do his work. Not one of the house servants was inside. ¹²She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, "Sleep with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and got away. He ran outside. ¹³She saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and run out of the house. ¹⁴So she called her house servants. "Look!" she said. "This Hebrew was brought here to make fools of us. He came in to sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could. ¹⁵When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me. Then he ran out of the house." ¹⁶So Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's cloak beside her until his master came home. ¹⁷Then she told him the same story. "That Hebrew slave you brought us came in to make a fool of me. ¹⁸But when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me. Then he ran out of the house." ¹⁹His master heard the story his wife told him. She said, "This is what your slave did to me." Then he burned with anger. ²⁰So Joseph's master took him and had him thrown into prison. It was the prison where the king's prisoners were kept. And Joseph stayed there in the prison. ²¹But the LORD was with him and was kind to him. The LORD made the prison warden like him. ²²So the warden put all the prisoners in Joseph's care. Joseph was in charge of everything done in the prison. ²³The warden didn't worry about anything in Joseph's care. The LORD was with Joseph. He made everything Joseph did go well.