39Meanwhile, Joseph had been delivered to Egypt and turned over to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials and the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards. An Egyptian, he bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.H3130H3381H4714H6318H5631H6547H8269H2876H376H4713H7069H3027H3459H33812But the Lord was with Joseph. He became a very prosperous man while in the house of his Egyptian master.H3068H3130H6743H376H1004H113H47133His master could see that the Lord was with him, because the Lord made everything that he did prosper.H113H7200H3068H3068H6213H6743H30274That's how Joseph found favor in his sight as he ministered to him. Eventually, Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his entire household. Moreover, he entrusted everything that he owned into his responsibility.H3130H4672H2580H5869H8334H6485H1004H3426H5414H30275From the time he appointed Joseph to be overseer over his entire household and everything that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord rested on him, whether in Potiphar's household or in Potiphar's fields.H227H6485H1004H3426H3068H1288H4713H1004H3130H1558H1293H3068H3426H1004H7704
Potiphar’s Wife Accuses Joseph
6Everything that he owned, he entrusted into Joseph's care. He never worried about anything, except for the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and handsome in appearance.H5800H3130H3027H3045H3972H518H3899H398H3130H8389H3303H47587That's why, some time later, Joseph's master's wife looked straight at Joseph and propositioned him: "Come on! Let's have a little sex!"H310H1697H113H802H5375H5869H3130H559H79018But he refused. He replied to his master's wife, "Look! My master doesn't have to worry about anything in the house with me in charge, and he has entrusted everything into my charge.H3985H559H113H802H113H3045H1004H5414H3426H30279No one has more authority in this house than I do. He has withheld nothing from me, except you, and that's because you're his wife. So how can I do this great evil - How can I sin against God -H1419H1004H3808H2820H3972H834H859H802H6213H1419H7451H2398H43010She kept on talking to him like this day after day, but he wouldn't listen to her. Not only would he refuse to have sex with her, he refused even to stay around her.H1696H3130H3117H3117H8085H7901H68111One day, though, he went into the house to do his work. None of the household servants were inside,H3117H935H1004H6213H4399H376H582H100412so she grabbed him by his outer garment and demanded "Let's have some sex!" Instead, Joseph ran outside, leaving his outer garment still in her hand.H8610H899H559H7901H5800H899H3027H5127H3318H235113When she realized that he had left his outer garment right there in her hand, she ran outsideH7200H5800H899H3027H5127H235114and yelled for her household servants. "Look!" she cried out. "He has brought in a Hebrew man to humiliate us. He came in to have sex with me, but I screamed out loud!H7121H582H1004H559H559H7200H935H376H5680H6711H935H7901H7121H1419H696315When he heard that I was raising my voice to scream, he left his outer garment with me and fled outside."1439H8085H7311H6963H7121H5800H899H681H5127H3318H235116She kept his outer garment by her side until Joseph's master came home,H3240H899H681H113H935H100417and then she told him these words: "That Hebrew slave whom you brought to us came in here to rape me.H1696H1697H559H5680H5650H935H935H671118But when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment with me and ran outside."H7311H6963H7121H5800H899H681H5127H2351
Joseph is Locked in Prison
19When Joseph's master heard that his wife was saying words to the effect that "This is how your servant treated me," he flew into a rage,H113H8085H1697H802H1696H559H1697H6213H5650H639H273420arrested Joseph, and locked him up in the same prison where the king's prisoners were confined. So Joseph remained there in prison.H3130H113H3947H5414H1004H5470H4725H4428H615H631H1004H547021But the Lord was with Joseph. He extended gracious love to him, granting him favor with the prison warden.H3068H3130H5186H2617H5414H2580H5869H8269H1004H547022So the prison warden entrusted into Joseph's care all the prisoners who were confined in prison. Whatever they did, Joseph was in charge of the work detail.H8269H1004H5470H5414H3130H3027H615H1004H5470H6213H621323The prison warden did not have to worry about anything under Joseph's care, because the Lord was with him. That's why Joseph prospered in everything he did.H8269H1004H5470H7200H3972H3027H3068H6213H3068H6743
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