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Joseph in Potiphar's House

¹ Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him ^(F1)from the ^(C1)Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.^2 (C1)And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a ^(F1)successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.³ Now his master ^(C1)saw that Yahweh was with him and how Yahweh ^(C2)caused all that he did to succeed in his hand.⁴ So Joseph ^(C1)found favor in his sight and ^(F1)attended on him; and he appointed him overseer over his house, and ^(C2)all that he owned he gave in his hand.⁵ Now it happened that from the time he appointed him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, Yahweh ^(C1)blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus ^(C2)the blessing of Yahweh was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

⁶ So he left everything he owned in Joseph's hand; and with him there he did not ^(F1)concern himself with anything except the ^(F2)food which he ^(F3)ate. Now Joseph was ^(C1)beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

⁷ And it happened after these events ^(C1)that his master's wife ^(F1)set her eyes on Joseph and said, "^(C2)Lie with me."⁸ But ^(C1)he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me here, my master ^(F1)does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has given all that he owns into my hand.⁹ "^(F1)(C1)There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and ^(C2)sin against God?"¹⁰ So it happened that as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.

¹¹ Now it happened ^(F1)one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside.¹² Then she seized him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside.¹³ Now it happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,¹⁴ that she called to the men of her household and spoke to them, saying, "See, he has brought in a ^(F1)Hebrew to us to laugh at us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I ^(F2)screamed.¹⁵ "Now it happened that when he heard that I raised my voice and ^(F1)screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside."¹⁶ And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home.¹⁷ Then she ^(C1)spoke to him ^(F1)with these words, saying, "The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to laugh at me;¹⁸ and as I raised my voice and ^(F1)screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

Joseph Is Put into Jail

¹⁹ Now it happened that when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "^(F1)This is what your slave did to me," ^(C1)his anger burned.²⁰ So Joseph's master took him and ^(C1)put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.²¹ But ^(C1)Yahweh was with Joseph and ^(F1)extended lovingkindness to him and ^(C2)gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.²² So the chief jailer ^(C1)gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was ^(F1)the one who did it.^23 (C1)The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's hand because ^(C2)Yahweh was with him; and whatever he did, ^(C3)Yahweh made to succeed.