JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE

39 Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards, bought him from the Ishmaelitesk who had brought him there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph,l and he became a successful man, servingH in the household of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,m 4 Joseph found favorn with his master and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.A 5 From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph.a The Lord’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields. 6 He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority;B he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.b 7 After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority.D 9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God?”c

10 Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.E 11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.F 12 She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.