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Joseph's Success in Egypt

¹ Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him ^(F1)from the ^(C1)Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.^2 (C1)The LORD 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 the LORD was with him and how the LORD ^(C2)caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.⁴ So Joseph ^(C1)found favor in his sight and ^(F1)became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and ^(C2)all that he owned he put in his ^(F2)charge.⁵ It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD ^(C1)blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus ^(C2)the LORD'S blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

⁶ So he left everything he owned in Joseph's ^(F1)charge; and with him there he did not ^(F2)concern himself with anything except the ^(F3)food which he ^(F4)ate. Now Joseph was ^(C1)handsome in form and appearance.⁷ It came about after these events ^(C1)that his master's wife ^(F1)looked with desire at Joseph, and she 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 put all that he owns in my ^(F2)charge.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 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 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.^13 (F1)When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,¹⁴ she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought in a ^(F1)Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I ^(F2)screamed.¹⁵ "When he heard that I raised my voice and ^(F1)screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside."¹⁶ So she ^(F1)left his garment beside her until his master came home.¹⁷ Then she ^(C1)spoke to him ^(F1)with these words, "^(F2)The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me;¹⁸ and as I raised my voice and ^(F1)screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

Joseph Imprisoned

¹⁹ Now 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)the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and ^(C2)gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.²² The chief jailer ^(C1)committed to Joseph's ^(F1)charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was ^(F2)responsible for it.^23 (C1)The chief jailer did not supervise anything under ^(F1)Joseph's charge because ^(C2)the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, ^(C3)the LORD made to prosper.