Genesis 39 — FBV
39Verse 1Joseph had been taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelites, who had sold him to Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh's officers, the commander of the royal guard.Verse 2The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in his Egyptian master's house.Verse 3His master noticed that the Lord was with him and made him successful in everything he did.Verse 4Potiphar appreciated Joseph and his service, and put him in charge of his household and made him responsible for everything he owned.Verse 5From the time he put Joseph in charge and trusted him with all he had, the Lord blessed Potiphar's household because of Joseph. The Lord blessed everything he had, whether in his house or in his fields.Verse 6So Potiphar left Joseph to care for everything he owned. He didn't bother with anything except to decide what food he was going to eat. Now Joseph was handsome, having a good physique,Verse 7so some time later he caught the eye of his master's wife. She propositioned him, saying, “Come here! Sleep with me!”Verse 8But he turned her down, telling his master's wife, “Look, my master trusts me so much+he doesn't even bother to find out how his household is running. He's put me in charge of everything he owns—Verse 9no one in this house has more authority than me! He hasn't held back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such an evil thing as this, and sin against God?”Verse 10Day after day she persisted in asking him, but he refused to sleep with her and tried to avoid her.Verse 11But one day he went into the house to do his work and none of the other servants were there.Verse 12She grabbed him by his clothing,+and demanded, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his clothing in her hand, he ran out of the house.Verse 13Seeing that he'd left his clothing in her hand, and had run out of the house,Verse 14she shouted out to her servants, “Look at this! He+brought this Hebrew slave here to dishonor us! This man came to try and rape me, but I screamed at the top of my voice.Verse 15When he heard me scream for help, he left his clothing beside me and ran outside.”Verse 16She kept his clothing with her until her husband came home.Verse 17Then she told him her story. It went like this: “That Hebrew slave you brought here tried to come and dishonor me.Verse 18But as soon as I screamed and called for help, he left his clothing beside me and ran outside.”Verse 19When Potiphar heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” he became angry.Verse 20He took Joseph and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.Verse 21But the Lord was with Joseph, showing him trustworthy love, and made the chief jailer pleased with him.Verse 22So the chief jailer put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners there and gave him the responsibility for running the prison.Verse 23The chief jailer didn't bother with anything for Joseph took care of it all for the Lord was with him and made him successful.