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Genesis 39

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¹ So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph's charge; and with Joseph there he did not [need to][1] pay attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance.

² Then after a time his master's wife[2] looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, "Lie with me."

³ But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me in the house, my master does not concern himself with anything; he has put everything that he owns in my charge.

⁴ He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?"

⁵ And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.

⁶ Then it happened one day that Joseph went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the men of the household was there in the house.

⁷ She caught Joseph by his [outer] robe, saying, "Lie with me!" But he left his robe in her hand and ran, and got outside [the house].

⁸ When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had run outside,

⁹ she called to the men of her household and said to them, "Look at this, your master has brought a Hebrew [into the household] to mock and insult us; he came to me to lie with me, and I screamed.

¹⁰ When he heard me screaming, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house]."

¹¹ So she left Joseph's [outer] robe beside her until his master came home.

¹² Then she told her husband the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you brought among us, came to me to mock and insult me;

¹³ then as soon as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house]."

¹⁴ And when Joseph's master heard the words of his wife, saying, "This is the way your servant treated me," his anger burned.

¹⁵ So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.

¹⁶ But the LORD was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden.

¹⁷ The warden committed to Joseph's care (management) all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was[3] in charge of it.

¹⁸ The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's care because the LORD was with him; whatever Joseph did, the LORD made to prosper.

¹⁹ Now some time later, the cupbearer (butler) and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt's king.

²⁰ Pharaoh ([1] Sesostris II) was extremely angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.

²¹ He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

²² The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he served them; and they continued to be in custody for some time.

²³ Then the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man with his [own significant] dream and each dream with its [personal] interpretation.

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1	So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph's charge; and with Joseph there he did not [need to][1] pay attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance.
2	Then after a time his master's wife[2] looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, "Lie with me."
3	But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, with me in the house, my master does not concern himself with anything; he has put everything that he owns in my charge.
4	He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?"
5	And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.
6	Then it happened one day that Joseph went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the men of the household was there in the house.
7	She caught Joseph by his [outer] robe, saying, "Lie with me!" But he left his robe in her hand and ran, and got outside [the house].
8	When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had run outside,
9	she called to the men of her household and said to them, "Look at this, your master has brought a Hebrew [into the household] to mock and insult us; he came to me to lie with me, and I screamed.
10	When he heard me screaming, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house]."
11	So she left Joseph's [outer] robe beside her until his master came home.
12	Then she told her husband the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you brought among us, came to me to mock and insult me;
13	then as soon as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house]."
14	And when Joseph's master heard the words of his wife, saying, "This is the way your servant treated me," his anger burned.
15	So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.
16	But the LORD was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden.
17	The warden committed to Joseph's care (management) all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was[3] in charge of it.
18	The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's care because the LORD was with him; whatever Joseph did, the LORD made to prosper.
19	Now some time later, the cupbearer (butler) and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt's king.
20	Pharaoh ([1] Sesostris II) was extremely angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.
21	He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
22	The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he served them; and they continued to be in custody for some time.
23	Then the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man with his [own significant] dream and each dream with its [personal] interpretation.

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