Now Joseph had been taken
down
to Egypt
; and Potiphar
, an Egyptian
officer
of Pharaoh
, the captain
of the bodyguard
, bought
him 1from the aIshmaelites
, who
had taken
him down
there
.
aThe LORD was with Joseph
, so he became
a 1successful
man
. And he was in the house
of his master
, the Egyptian
.
Now his master asaw
that the LORD
was with him and how the LORD
bcaused all
that he did
to prosper
in his hand
.
So Joseph afound
favor
in his sight
and 1became
his personal
servant
; and he made
him overseer
over
his house
, and ball
that he owned
he put
in his 2charge
.
It came about that from the time
he made
him overseer
in his house
and over
all
that he owned
, the LORD
ablessed
the Egyptian's
house
on account
of Joseph
; thus bthe LORD'S
blessing
was upon all
that he owned
, in the house
and in the field
.
So he left everything
he owned in Joseph's
1charge
; and with him there he did not 2concern
himself with anything
except
the 3food
which
he 4ate
.
Now Joseph was ahandsome
in form
and appearance
.
It came about after
these
events
athat his master's
wife
1looked
with desire
at Joseph
, and she said
, " bLie
with me."
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 put
all
that he owns
in my 2charge
.
" 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
?"
As she spoke to Joseph
day
after day
, he did not listen
to her to lie
beside
her or be with her.
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
.
She caught him by his garment
, saying
, "Lie
with me!" And he left
his garment
in her hand
and fled
, and went
outside
.
1When she saw that he had left
his garment
in her hand
and had fled
outside
,
she called to the men
of her household
and said
to them, "See
, he has brought
in a 1Hebrew
to us to make
sport
of us; he came
in to me to lie
with me, and I 2screamed
.
"When he heard that I raised
my voice
and 1screamed
, he left
his garment
beside
me and fled
and went
outside
."
So she 1left his garment
beside
her until
his master
came
home
.
Then she aspoke to him 1with these
words
, " 2The Hebrew
slave
, whom
you brought
to us, came
in to me to make
sport
of me;
and as I raised my voice
and 1screamed
, he left
his garment
beside
me and fled
outside
."
Now 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
.
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
.
But athe LORD was with Joseph
and extended
kindness
to him, and bgave
him favor
in the sight
of the chief
jailer
.
The chief jailer
acommitted
to Joseph's
1charge
all
the prisoners
who
were in the jail
; so that whatever
was done
there
, he was 2responsible
for it.
aThe chief jailer
did not supervise
anything
under 1Joseph's charge
because
bthe LORD
was with him; and whatever
he did
, cthe LORD
made to prosper
.