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73 lines
3.4 KiB
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## Joseph in Potiphar's House
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###### 1
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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.
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###### 2
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And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
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###### 3
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Now his master saw that Yahweh was with him and _how_ Yahweh caused all that he did to succeed in his hand.
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###### 4
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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.
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###### 5
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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.
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###### 6
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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.
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And it happened after these events that his master's wife set her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."
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###### 8
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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.
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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?"
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###### 10
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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.
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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.
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Then she seized him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside.
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###### 13
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Now it happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,
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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.
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###### 15
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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."
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And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home.
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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;
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and as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."
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## Joseph Is Put into Jail
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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.
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###### 20
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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.
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###### 21
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But Yahweh was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.
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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_.
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###### 23
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The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's hand because Yahweh was with him; and whatever he did, Yahweh made to succeed.
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