Now Joseph had been taken down to
Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptians, bought him from the Ismaelites who
had taken him down there.
2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man;
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that
the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand.
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, an served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and
all that he had he put under his authority.
5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of
his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for
Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house
and in the field.
6 Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did
not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and
appearance.
7 And it came to pass after these things that his master’s
wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “lie with me.”
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my
master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all
that he has to my hand.
9 “There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he
kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and
sin against Go?”
10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did
not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.
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