Genesis 39 - LSB Bible Online

Genesis 39

Joseph in Potiphar’s House

Now 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. 2 ^aAnd Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a ¹successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3 Now his master ^asaw that Yahweh was with him and how Yahweh ^bcaused all that he did to succeed in his hand. 4 So 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. 5 Now 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. 6 So 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.
7 And it happened after these events ^athat his master’s wife ¹set her eyes on Joseph and said, “^bLie with me.” 8 But ^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?” 10 So 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.
11 Now 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. 12 Then she seized him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside. 13 Now it happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, 14 that 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.” 16 And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she ^aspoke to him ¹with these words, saying, “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to laugh at me; 18 and as I raised my voice and ¹screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”

Joseph Is Put into Jail

19 Now 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. 20 So 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. 21 But ^aYahweh was with Joseph and ¹extended lovingkindness to him and ^bgave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. 22 So 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. 23 ^aThe chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph’s hand because ^bYahweh was with him; and whatever he did, ^cYahweh made to succeed.

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