Genesis 39 : 1 (ERVEN)
The traders who bought Joseph took him down to Egypt. They sold him to the captain of Pharaoh's guard, Potiphar.
Genesis 39 : 2 (ERVEN)
The Lord helped Joseph become a successful man. Joseph lived in the house of his master, Potiphar the Egyptian.
Genesis 39 : 3 (ERVEN)
Potiphar saw that the Lord was with Joseph and that the Lord helped Joseph be successful in everything he did.
Genesis 39 : 4 (ERVEN)
So Potiphar was very happy with Joseph. He allowed Joseph to work for him and to help him rule the house. Joseph was the ruler over everything Potiphar owned.
Genesis 39 : 5 (ERVEN)
After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord also blessed everything that grew in Potiphar's fields. The Lord did this because of Joseph.
Genesis 39 : 6 (ERVEN)
So Potiphar allowed Joseph to take responsibility for everything in the house. Potiphar didn't have to worry about anything except deciding what to eat. Joseph was a very handsome, goodlooking man.
Genesis 39 : 7 (ERVEN)
After some time, the wife of Joseph's master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, "Sleep with me."
Genesis 39 : 8 (ERVEN)
But Joseph refused. He said, "My master trusts me with everything in his house. He has given me responsibility for everything here.
Genesis 39 : 9 (ERVEN)
My master has made me almost equal to him in his house. I cannot sleep with his wife! That is wrong! It is a sin against God."
Genesis 39 : 10 (ERVEN)
The woman talked with Joseph every day, but he refused to sleep with her.
Genesis 39 : 11 (ERVEN)
One day Joseph went into the house to do his work. He was the only man in the house at the time.
Genesis 39 : 12 (ERVEN)
His master's wife grabbed his coat and said to him, "Come to bed with me." But Joseph ran out of the house so fast that he left his coat in her hand.
Genesis 39 : 13 (ERVEN)
The woman saw that Joseph had left his coat in her hand and had run out of the house.
Genesis 39 : 14 (ERVEN)
She called to the men outside and said, "Look! This Hebrew slave was brought here to make fun of us. He came in and tried to attack me, but I screamed.
Genesis 39 : 15 (ERVEN)
My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."
Genesis 39 : 16 (ERVEN)
Then she kept his coat until her husband, Joseph's master, came home.
Genesis 39 : 17 (ERVEN)
She told her husband the same story. She said, "This Hebrew slave you brought here tried to attack me!
Genesis 39 : 18 (ERVEN)
But when he came near me, I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."
Genesis 39 : 19 (ERVEN)
Joseph's master listened to what his wife said, and he became very angry.
Genesis 39 : 20 (ERVEN)
So Potiphar put Joseph into the prison where the king's enemies were held, and that is where Joseph remained.
Genesis 39 : 21 (ERVEN)
The Lord was with Joseph and continued to show his kindness to him, so the commander of the prison guards began to like Joseph.
Genesis 39 : 22 (ERVEN)
The commander of the guards put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners. Joseph was their leader, but he still did the same work they did.
Genesis 39 : 23 (ERVEN)
The commander of the guards trusted Joseph with everything that was in the prison. This happened because the Lord was with Joseph. He helped Joseph be successful in everything he did.
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