Genesis 39

¹Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

²And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.

³And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that everything he did, the Lord made prosper in his hand.

⁴And Joseph found favor in his eyes and attended him, and he appointed him over his household, and all that he had he put in his hand.

⁵And it came to pass, from the time he appointed him in his household and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

⁶And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he took no account of anything with him, except for the bread that he was eating. And Joseph was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.

⁷And it came to pass after these things that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, 'Lie with me.'

⁸And he refused, and he said to his master's wife, 'Look, my master does not know, with me, what is in the house, and all that he has he has put in my hand.

⁹There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has not withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?

¹⁰And it was as she spoke to Joseph day after day, that he did not listen to her, to lie beside her, to be with her.

¹¹And it was on a day like this that he came into the house to do his work, and there was no man of the men of the house there in the house.

¹²And she seized him by his garment, saying, 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled and went outside.

¹³And it was when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,

¹⁴And she called to the men of her household and said to them, saying, 'See — he has brought to us a Hebrew man to make sport of us. He came to me to lie with me, and I called out with a loud voice.'

¹⁵And it was, when he heard that I raised my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside.

¹⁶And she laid his garment beside her until his lord came home.

¹⁷And she spoke to him these words, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me.

¹⁸And it was, as I raised my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.

¹⁹And it was, when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, 'According to these words your servant did to me' — and his anger burned.

²⁰And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he was there in the prison.

²¹And the Lord was with Joseph and extended steadfast love to him, and he gave him favor in the eyes of the keeper of the prison.

²²And the keeper of the prison put into Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison, and everything that was done there — he was the one doing it.

²³The keeper of the prison looked at nothing in his hand, because the Lord was with him, and whatever he did the Lord made to prosper.