Genesis 39

¹ And JosephJoseph was brought downdown to EgyptEgypt; and PotipharPotiphar, a chamberlain of PharaohPharaoh, the captaincaptain of the life-guardguard, an EgyptianEgyptian, bought him of the handhand of the IshmaelitesIshmaelites who had brought him downdown thither.

² And JehovahJehovah was with JosephJoseph, and he was a prosperousprosperous manman; and he was in the househouse of his mastermaster the Egyptian.

³ And his mastermaster sawsaw that JehovahJehovah was with him, and that JehovahJehovah made all that he did to prosperprosper in his handhand.

⁴ And JosephJoseph foundfound favour in his eyeseyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his househouse, and all that he had he gave into his handhand.

⁵ And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his househouse and all that he had, that JehovahJehovah blessedblessed the Egyptian's househouse for Joseph'sJoseph's sake; and the blessingblessing of JehovahJehovah was on all that he had in the househouse and in the fieldfield.

⁶ And he left all that he had in Joseph'sJoseph's handhand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the breadbread that he ateate. And JosephJoseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.

⁷ And it came to pass afterafter these things, that his mastermaster's wifewife cast her eyeseyes on JosephJoseph, and saidsaid, Lie with me!

⁸ But he refused, and saidsaid to his mastermaster's wifewife, Behold, my mastermaster takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the househouse, and all that he has, he has givengiven into my handhand.

⁹ There is none greatergreater in this househouse than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wifewife; and how should I do this greatgreat wickednesswickedness, and sin against GodGod?

¹⁰ And it came to pass as she spokespoke to JosephJoseph dayday by dayday and he hearkened not to her, to lielie with her [and] to be with her,

¹¹ that on a certain dayday he went into the househouse to do his business, and there was none of the menmen of the househouse there in the househouse.

¹² Then she caught him by his garmentgarment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garmentgarment in her handhand, and fledfled and ran out.

¹³ And it came to pass, when she sawsaw that he had left his garmentgarment in her handhand and had fledfled forth,

¹⁴ that she calledcalled to the menmen of her househouse, and spokespoke to them, saying, SeeSee, he has brought in a Hebrew manman to usus, to mock usus: he camecame in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loudloud voicevoice;

¹⁵ and it came to pass when he heardheard that I lifted up my voicevoice and cried, that he left his garmentgarment with me, and fledfled and went out.

¹⁶ And she laid his garmentgarment by her until his lordlord camecame home.

¹⁷ And she spokespoke to him according to these wordswords, saying, The HebrewHebrew bondman that thou hast brought to usus camecame in to me to mock me;

¹⁸ and it came to pass as I lifted up my voicevoice and cried, that he left his garmentgarment with me, and fledfled forth.

¹⁹ And it came to pass when his lordlord heardheard the wordswords of his wifewife which she spokespoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy bondman to me, that his wrathwrath was kindled.

²⁰ And Joseph'sJoseph's lordlord took him and putput him into the tower-househouse, [the] placeplace where the king's prisonersprisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-househouse.

²¹ And JehovahJehovah was with JosephJoseph, and extended mercymercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyeseyes of the chiefchief of the tower-househouse.

²² And the chiefchief of the tower-househouse committed to Joseph'sJoseph's handhand all the prisonersprisoners that were in the tower-househouse; and whatever they had to do there he did.

²³ The chiefchief of the tower-househouse looked not to anything underunder his handhand, because JehovahJehovah was with him; and what he did, JehovahJehovah made it prosperprosper.