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 Gen 39:1 |
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. |
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Gen 39:2 |
The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. |
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Gen 39:3 |
And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand. |
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Gen 39:4 |
So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all [that] he had he put under his authority. |
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Gen 39:5 |
So it was, from the time [that] he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had in the house and in the field. |
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Gen 39:6 |
Thus he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. |
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Gen 39:7 |
And it came to pass after these things that his master's wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me." |
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Gen 39:8 |
But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not know what [is] with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. |
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Gen 39:9 |
"[There is] no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you [are] his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" |
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Gen 39:10 |
So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her [or] to be with her. |
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Gen 39:11 |
But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house [was] inside, |
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Gen 39:12 |
that she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. |
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Gen 39:13 |
And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, |
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Gen 39:14 |
that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, "See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. |
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Gen 39:15 |
"And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside." |
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Gen 39:16 |
So she kept his garment with her until his master came home. |
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Gen 39:17 |
Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, "The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me; |
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Gen 39:18 |
"so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside." |
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Gen 39:19 |
So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, "Your servant did to me after this manner," that his anger was aroused. |
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Gen 39:20 |
Then Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] confined. And he was there in the prison. |
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Gen 39:21 |
But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. |
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Gen 39:22 |
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who [were] in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing. |
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Gen 39:23 |
The keeper of the prison did not look into anything [that was] under [Joseph's] [fn] authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made [it] prosper. |
NKJV Footnotes:
- (39:23) Literally his hand
