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Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

39Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.H3130H3381H4714H6318H5631H6547H8269H2876H376H4713H7069H3027H3459H3381 2The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; he was in the house of his Egyptian master.H3068H3130H6743H376H1004H113H4713 3His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.H113H7200H3068H3068H6213H6743H3027 4So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him; he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.H3130H4672H2580H5869H8334H6485H1004H3426H5414H3027 5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in house and field.H227H6485H1004H3426H3068H1288H4713H1004H3130H1558H1293H3068H3426H1004H7704 6So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge; and, with him there, he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking.H5800H3130H3027H3045H3972H518H3899H398H3130H8389H3303H4758 7And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."H310H1697H113H802H5375H5869H3130H559H7901 8But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand.H3985H559H113H802H113H3045H1004H5414H3426H3027 9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"H1419H1004H3808H2820H3972H834H859H802H6213H1419H7451H2398H430 10And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her.H1696H3130H3117H3117H8085H7901H681 11One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house,H3117H935H1004H6213H4399H376H582H1004 12she caught hold of his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.H8610H899H559H7901H5800H899H3027H5127H3318H2351 13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,H7200H5800H899H3027H5127H2351 14she called out to the members of her household and said to them, "See, my husband has brought among us a Hebrew to insult us! He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice;H7121H582H1004H559H559H7200H935H376H5680H6711H935H7901H7121H1419H6963 15and when he heard me raise my voice and cry out, he left his garment beside me, and fled outside."H8085H7311H6963H7121H5800H899H681H5127H3318H2351 16Then she kept his garment by her until his master came home,H3240H899H681H113H935H1004 17and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to insult me;H1696H1697H559H5680H5650H935H935H6711 18but as soon as I raised my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me, and fled outside."H7311H6963H7121H5800H899H681H5127H2351 19When his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, saying, "This is the way your servant treated me," he became enraged.H113H8085H1697H802H1696H559H1697H6213H5650H639H2734 20And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison.H3130H113H3947H5414H1004H5470H4725H4428H615H631H1004H5470 21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.H3068H3130H5186H2617H5414H2580H5869H8269H1004H5470 22The chief jailer committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.H8269H1004H5470H5414H3130H3027H615H1004H5470H6213H6213 23The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.H8269H1004H5470H7200H3972H3027H3068H6213H3068H6743


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