## Joseph in Potiphar's House ###### 1 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there. ###### 2 And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. ###### 3 Now his master saw that Yahweh was with him and _how_ Yahweh caused all that he did to succeed in his hand. ###### 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended on him; and he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he gave in his hand. ###### 5 Now it happened that from the time he appointed him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus the blessing of Yahweh was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field. ###### 6 So he left everything he owned in Joseph's hand; and with him _there_ he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance. ###### 7 And it happened after these events that his master's wife set her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me." ###### 8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me _here_, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has given all that he owns into my hand. ###### 9 There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?" ###### 10 So it happened that as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her _or_ be with her. ###### 11 Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. ###### 12 Then she seized him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside. ###### 13 Now it happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, ###### 14 that she called to the men of her household and spoke to them, saying, "See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to laugh at us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed. ###### 15 Now it happened that when he heard that I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside." ###### 16 And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home. ###### 17 Then she spoke to him with these words, saying, "The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to laugh at me; ###### 18 and as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside." ## Joseph Is Put into Jail ###### 19 Now it happened that when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," his anger burned. ###### 20 So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. ###### 21 But Yahweh was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. ###### 22 So the chief jailer gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was the one who did _it_. ###### 23 The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's hand because Yahweh was with him; and whatever he did, Yahweh made to succeed.