Joseph’s Success in Egypt: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Genesis, Chapter 39, verses 1-18

¹ Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him^afrom the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. ² The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a^bsuccessful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. ³ Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand. ⁴ So Joseph found favor in his sight and^cbecame his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his^dcharge. ⁵ It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus 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^echarge; and with him there he did not^fconcern himself with anything except the^gfood which he^hate.

Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. ⁷ It came about after these events that his master’s wifeⁱlooked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.” ⁸ But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master^jdoes not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my^kcharge. ⁹ ^lThere 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 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^mone 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 ⁿWhen 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^oHebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I^pscreamed. ¹⁵ When he heard that I raised my voice and^qscreamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside.” ¹⁶ So she^rleft his garment beside her until his master came home. ¹⁷ Then she spoke to him^swith these words, “^tThe Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me; ¹⁸ and as I raised my voice and^uscreamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”


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