39Genesis 39

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

1The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, the king's official in charge of the palace guard.Select Genesis 39:1

3So Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner. Soon Potiphar realized that the Lord was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did.Select Genesis 39:3

4Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant, putting him in charge of his house and all of his property.Select Genesis 39:4

5Because of Joseph, the Lord began to bless Potiphar's family and fields.Select Genesis 39:5

6Potiphar left everything up to Joseph, and with Joseph there, the only decision he had to make was what he wanted to eat. Joseph was well-built and handsome,Select Genesis 39:6

7and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her,Select Genesis 39:7

8but he refused and said, “My master isn't worried about anything in his house, because he has placed me in charge of everything he owns.Select Genesis 39:8

9No one in my master's house is more important than I am. The only thing he hasn't given me is you, and that's because you are his wife. I won't sin against God by doing such a terrible thing as this.”Select Genesis 39:9

10She kept begging Joseph day after day, but he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her.Select Genesis 39:10

11One day, Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work, and none of the other servants were there.Select Genesis 39:11

12Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and said, “Make love to me!” Joseph ran out of the house, leaving his coat there in her hands.Select Genesis 39:12

13When this happened,Select Genesis 39:13

14she called in her servants and said, “Look! This Hebrew has come just to make fools of us. He tried to rape me, but I screamed for help.Select Genesis 39:14

15And when he heard me scream, he ran out of the house, leaving his coat with me.”Select Genesis 39:15

16Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.Select Genesis 39:16

17Then she said, “That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me!Select Genesis 39:17

18But when I screamed for help, he left his coat and ran out of the house.”Select Genesis 39:18

19Potiphar became very angrySelect Genesis 39:19

20and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,Select Genesis 39:20

21the Lord helped him and was good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much thatSelect Genesis 39:21

22he put him in charge of the other prisoners and of everything that was done in the jail.Select Genesis 39:22

23The jailer did not worry about anything, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did.Select Genesis 39:23