Genesis 39:11–21

¹¹One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house, ¹²she caught hold of his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and ran outside.^{* 13}When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, ¹⁴she called out to the members of her household and said to them, “See, my husband^a has brought among us a Hebrew to insult us! He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice, ¹⁵and when he heard me raise my voice and cry out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.” ¹⁶Then she kept his garment by her until his master came home, ¹⁷and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to insult me,^{* 18}but as soon as I raised my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”

¹⁹When his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, saying, “This is the way your servant treated me,” he became enraged.^{* 20}And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison.^{* 21}But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.^*