⁶So Potiphar told Joseph to take good care of everything he owned. With Joseph in charge, he didn’t have to worry about anything except the food he ate.

Joseph was strong and handsome. ⁷After a while, his master’s wife noticed Joseph. She said to him, “Make love to me!”

⁸But he said no. “My master has put me in charge,” he told her. “Now he doesn’t have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns.

⁹“No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn’t held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?”

¹⁰She spoke to Joseph day after day. But he told her he wouldn’t make love to her. He didn’t even want to be with her.

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.

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