Genesis 39:11–21

¹¹One day Joseph went into the house to take care of his duties. None of the family servants was inside.

¹²Potiphar’s wife grabbed hold of him by his coat. “Make love to me!” she said. But he left his coat in her hand. And he ran out of the house.

¹³She saw that he had left his coat in her hand and had run out of the house. ¹⁴So she called her servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew slave has been brought here to make fun of us! He came in here to force me to have sex with him. But I screamed for help. ¹⁵He heard my scream. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house.”

¹⁶She kept Joseph’s coat with her until Potiphar came home. ¹⁷Then she told him her story. She said, “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me. ¹⁸But I screamed for help. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house.”

¹⁹Potiphar’s wife told him, “That’s how your slave treated me.” When Joseph’s master heard her story, he became very angry. ²⁰So he put Joseph in prison. It was the place where the king’s prisoners were kept.

While Joseph was there in the prison, ²¹the Lord was with him. He was kind to him.

So the man who was running the prison was pleased with Joseph.