Genesis 39
Joseph in Potiphar’s House
39Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him 1from the aIshmaelites, who had brought him down there. 2aAnd Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a 1successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3Now his master asaw that Yahweh was with him and how Yahweh bcaused all that he did to succeed in his hand. 4So Joseph afound favor in his sight and 1attended on him; and he appointed him overseer over his house, and ball that he owned he gave in his hand. 5Now it happened that from the time he appointed him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, Yahweh ablessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus bthe blessing of Yahweh was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field. 6So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s hand; and with him there he did not 1concern himself with anything except the 2food which he 3ate. Now Joseph was abeautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.
7And it happened after these events athat his master’s wife 1set her eyes on Joseph and said, “bLie with me.” 8But ahe refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master 1does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has given all that he owns into my hand. 9“1,aThere 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 bsin against God?” 10So 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.
11Now it happened 1one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. 12Then she seized him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside. 13Now it happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, 14that she called to the men of her household and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in a 1Hebrew to us to laugh at us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I 2screamed. 15“Now it happened that when he heard that I raised my voice and 1screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside.” 16And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home. 17Then she aspoke to him 1with these words, saying, “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to laugh at me; 18and as I raised my voice and 1screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”
Joseph Is Put into Jail
19Now it happened that when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “1This is what your slave did to me,” ahis anger burned. 20So Joseph’s master took him and aput him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. 21But aYahweh was with Joseph and 1extended lovingkindness to him and bgave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. 22So the chief jailer agave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was 1the one who did it. 23aThe chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph’s hand because bYahweh was with him; and whatever he did, cYahweh made to succeed.