The Genesis
Chapter
39
1 Meanwhile, JoSeph had been taken down to Egypt. And an Egyptian named Potiphar ([who was] Pharaoh's councilor and captain of the guard) bought him from the IshMaElites who had carried him there.
2 Jehovah was with JoSeph and He blest him as he was living in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 [Potiphar] recognized that Jehovah was with [JoSeph] and that He was blessing everything he did; 4 so JoSeph was treated kindly by him, and [JoSeph did everything he could to] please his master well. Therefore, soon JoSeph was put in charge of his [master's] house… he was appointed to be in charge of everything that [his master] owned. 5 And because he put JoSeph in charge of his house and over everything that he owned, Jehovah blest the Egyptian's house for JoSeph's sake. He blest everything that the man had in his house and in his field, 6 because he had entrusted everything he owned into JoSeph's hands. So the man didn't even know what belonged to him, other than the bread that he ate. Well, JoSeph was extremely attractive… he had an excellent body and a very handsome face. 7 And so, after he had been [put in charge of the house], his master's woman eyed JoSeph and said: '[Have sex] me.' 8 But he wouldn't. He told his master's woman: 'Look, it's because of me that my master doesn't even know what's going on in his own house! He has put everything that he owns into my hands. 9 Nobody in this house is over me, nor has anything been withheld from me, except you… and you're his woman! So, how could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?'
10 Still, she pleaded with JoSeph every day… but he wouldn't listen to her requests to sleep with her.
11 Then one day, as JoSeph entered the house to do his work, he found that none of the household staff was around. 12 That's when she grabbed him by his clothes and said, '[Have sex] with me.' But he left his clothes there in her hands and ran from the house.
13 Well, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands and ran away, 14 she called [the family] and said: 'You see; He has brought in a Hebrew slave to make fun of us! Why, he came in and told me that he wanted to have sex with me, but I screamed. 15 And when he heard me scream, he left his clothes here and ran out of the house!'
16 So she kept the clothes close by, and when [her husband] got back home, 17 she said to him: 'This Hebrew servant that you brought to us came here to make fun of me! He said to me, I'm going to [have sex] you. 18 But after he heard me scream, he left his clothes with me and ran out of the house.'
19 Well, when his master heard everything his woman said, he proclaimed, 'Then he did it to me!' 20 And because he was so angry, his master took JoSeph and had him thrown in prison… into the place where the king's prisoners were kept.
21 Nevertheless, Jehovah was with JoSeph and He was very merciful to him. So He helped him find favor in the eyes of the prison's warden. 22 Therefore, the warden put JoSeph in charge of the prison along with all the prisoners who were there and everything that they did. 23 So the warden was unaware of what was going on there, because everything was in JoSeph's hands. And Jehovah continued to bless everything that he was doing.
2 Jehovah was with JoSeph and He blest him as he was living in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 [Potiphar] recognized that Jehovah was with [JoSeph] and that He was blessing everything he did; 4 so JoSeph was treated kindly by him, and [JoSeph did everything he could to] please his master well. Therefore, soon JoSeph was put in charge of his [master's] house… he was appointed to be in charge of everything that [his master] owned. 5 And because he put JoSeph in charge of his house and over everything that he owned, Jehovah blest the Egyptian's house for JoSeph's sake. He blest everything that the man had in his house and in his field, 6 because he had entrusted everything he owned into JoSeph's hands. So the man didn't even know what belonged to him, other than the bread that he ate. Well, JoSeph was extremely attractive… he had an excellent body and a very handsome face. 7 And so, after he had been [put in charge of the house], his master's woman eyed JoSeph and said: '[Have sex] me.' 8 But he wouldn't. He told his master's woman: 'Look, it's because of me that my master doesn't even know what's going on in his own house! He has put everything that he owns into my hands. 9 Nobody in this house is over me, nor has anything been withheld from me, except you… and you're his woman! So, how could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?'
10 Still, she pleaded with JoSeph every day… but he wouldn't listen to her requests to sleep with her.
11 Then one day, as JoSeph entered the house to do his work, he found that none of the household staff was around. 12 That's when she grabbed him by his clothes and said, '[Have sex] with me.' But he left his clothes there in her hands and ran from the house.
13 Well, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands and ran away, 14 she called [the family] and said: 'You see; He has brought in a Hebrew slave to make fun of us! Why, he came in and told me that he wanted to have sex with me, but I screamed. 15 And when he heard me scream, he left his clothes here and ran out of the house!'
16 So she kept the clothes close by, and when [her husband] got back home, 17 she said to him: 'This Hebrew servant that you brought to us came here to make fun of me! He said to me, I'm going to [have sex] you. 18 But after he heard me scream, he left his clothes with me and ran out of the house.'
19 Well, when his master heard everything his woman said, he proclaimed, 'Then he did it to me!' 20 And because he was so angry, his master took JoSeph and had him thrown in prison… into the place where the king's prisoners were kept.
21 Nevertheless, Jehovah was with JoSeph and He was very merciful to him. So He helped him find favor in the eyes of the prison's warden. 22 Therefore, the warden put JoSeph in charge of the prison along with all the prisoners who were there and everything that they did. 23 So the warden was unaware of what was going on there, because everything was in JoSeph's hands. And Jehovah continued to bless everything that he was doing.
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