39:1 And Joseph was brought to
Potiphar
was the Egyptian captain
who
bought him from the Ishmaelites
which
had taken him down there.
39:2 Now Yahweh was with Joseph
and
he became successful
living
in his Egyptian master’s house.
39:3 His master came to understand
that
Yahweh was with him
and
that Yahweh helped him succeed
in
everything he did.
39:4 Thus Joseph found favor in his eyes
and
became his servant.
He
put him in charge
of
his household
and
all that he owned.
39:5 While he put him in charge
of
his household
and
all he owned
Yahweh
blessed the Egyptian’s house.
Because
of Joseph Yahweh’s blessings
came
upon his house
and
all of his property.
39:6 He let everything he owned
be
the responsibility of Joseph.
He
was not concerned
with
what he had
except
the food he ate.
Joseph
was groomed and attractive.
39:7 Later on his master's wife
began
to admire Joseph.
She
asked Joseph to sleep with her.
39:8 But he refused.
He
told her:
My
master is not concerned
with
his worldly possessions.
He
has entrusted
all
he owns to me.
39:9 No one in this house is above me.
My
master withheld nothing but you
because
you are his wife.
How
could I do such wickedness
and
make such an offense to God?
39:10 Even though she cajoled
Joseph
each and every day
he
refused to sleep with her
or
even to be with her.
39:11 One day he went in the house
to
attend to his duties
and
the household servants had left.
39:12 She grabbed him by his robe
asking
him to sleep with her.
He
ran out of the house
and
left her holding his robe.
39:13 As soon as she understood
he
had left her holding his robe
and
fled the house
39:14 she called out
to
her household servants:
See,
this Hebrew is making a fool of us.
He
came in to sleep with me
before
I screamed.
39:15 Once he heard me yelling for help
he
fled out of the house
and
left his robe next to me.
39:16 She laid his robe next to her
until
his master returned home.
39:17 Then she spoke to him saying:
The
Hebrew servant you brought in
approached
me and made a fool of me.
39:18 But once I screamed for help
he
left his robe with me
and
ran out.
39:19 When his master heard
his
wife’s tale of how
his
servant mistreated her
he
burned with anger.
39:20 Joseph's master seized him
and
put him in prison
where
the king's prisoners were held.
And
he remained jailed.
39:21 But Yahweh was with him.
And
He showed him kindness
and
allowed him to be favored
by
the warden of the prison.
39:22 So the prison warden made Joseph
responsible
for everyone in the prison
so
they did whatever he requested.
39:23 The prison warden wasn’t concerned
about
anything under Joseph's care
because
Yahweh was with Joseph
which
allowed him to succeed.
