Genesis 39:1-23
Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of
the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the
Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2The
Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful
man; he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3His
master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the
Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.
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So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him;
he made him overseer of his house and put him in
charge of all that he had. 5From the time that he made
him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the
Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake;
the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in
house and field. 6
So he left all that he had in Joseph’s
charge; and, with him there, he had no concern for
anything but the food that he ate. Now Joseph was
handsome and good-looking.
7And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on
Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8But he refused and
said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my
master has no concern about anything in the house,
and he has put everything that he has in my hand. 9He
is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept
back anything from me except yourself, because you
are his wife. How then could I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God?” 10And although
she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not
consent to lie beside her or to be with her. 11One day,
however, when he went into the house to do his
work, and while no one else was in the house, 12she
caught hold of his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” 
But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran
outside.
13When she saw that he had left his garment in her
hand and had fled outside, 14she called out to the
members of her household and said to them, “See,
my husband has brought among us a Hebrew to
insult us! He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried
out with a loud voice; 15and when he heard me raise
my voice and cry out, he left his garment beside me,
and fled outside.” 16Then she kept his garment by her
until his master came home, 17and she told him the
same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you
have brought among us, came in to me to insult me;
18but as soon as I raised my voice and cried out, he
left his garment beside me, and fled outside.”
19When his master heard the words that his wife
spoke to him, saying, “This is the way your servant
treated me,” he became enraged. 20And Joseph’s
master took him and put him into the prison, the
place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he
remained there in prison. 21But the Lord was with
Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him
favor in the sight of the chief jailer. 22The chief jailer
committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were
in the prison, and whatever was done there, he was
the one who did it. 23The chief jailer paid no heed to
anything that was in Joseph’s care, because the Lord
was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it
prosper.