12 She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside. 13 When she saw that he had left his garment with her and had run outside, 14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could. 15 When he heard me screaming for help,G he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”

16 She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me, 18 but when I screamed for help,H he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious 20 and had him thrown into prison,d where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

JOSEPH IN PRISON

21 But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him.e He granted him favor with the prison warden.f 22 The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority,I and he was responsible for everything that was done there. 23 The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority,J because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.g