Genesis 39

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Joseph in Potiphar’s House

39 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him ^[a]from the ^(A)Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there. ^2 (B)And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a ^[b]successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. ³ Now his master ^(C)saw that Yahweh was with him and how Yahweh ^(D)caused all that he did to succeed in his hand. ⁴ So Joseph ^(E)found favor in his sight and ^[c]attended on him; and he appointed him overseer over his house, and ^(F)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 ^(G)blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus ^(H)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 ^[d]concern himself with anything except the ^[e]food which he ^[f]ate.

Now Joseph was ^(I)beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

⁷ And it happened after these events ^(J)that his master’s wife ^[g]set her eyes on Joseph and said, “^(K)Lie with me.” ⁸ But ^(L)he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master ^[h]does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has given all that he owns into my hand. ^9 [i](M)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 ^(N)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 ^[j]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 ^[k]Hebrew to us to laugh at us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I ^[l]screamed. ¹⁵ Now it happened that when he heard that I raised my voice and ^[m]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 ^(O)spoke to him ^[n]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 ^[o]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, “^[p]This is what your slave did to me,” ^(P)his anger burned. ²⁰ So Joseph’s master took him and ^(Q)put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. ²¹ But ^(R)Yahweh was with Joseph and ^[q]extended lovingkindness to him and ^(S)gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. ²² So the chief jailer ^(T)gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was ^[r]the one who did it. ^23 (U)The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph’s hand because ^(V)Yahweh was with him; and whatever he did, ^(W)Yahweh made to succeed.