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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 And ^(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 that the LORD ^(C2)made all that he did 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 ^(F2)put him in charge of ^(C2)all that he owned.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; so ^(C2)the LORD'S blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

⁶ So he left ^(F1)Joseph in charge of everything that he owned; 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 And it came about after these events ^(C1)that his master's wife ^(F1)had her eyes on Joseph, and she said, "^(C2)Sleep with me."⁸ But ^(C1)he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me here, my master ^(F1)does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has ^(F2)put me in charge of all that he owns.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 Though 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 people of the household was there inside.¹² So she grabbed him by his garment, saying, "Sleep with me!" But 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 fun of us; he came in to me to sleep 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 ^(F2)words: "The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make fun of me;¹⁸ but when 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 prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the prison.²¹ But ^(C1)the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and ^(C2)gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison.²² And the warden of the prison ^(F1)(C1)put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was ^(F2)responsible for it.^23 (C1)The warden of the prison did not supervise anything ^(F1)under Joseph's authority, because ^(C2)the LORD was with him; and, ^(C3)the LORD made whatever he did prosper.