Genesis 39:1-23.
Genesis 39.1-23
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
"The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, the
king's official in charge of the palace guard. - So 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.
Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant, putting him
in charge of his house and all of his property. Because of Joseph,
the Lord began to bless Potiphar's family and fields. Potiphar 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, and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make
love to her, but 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. No 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." She kept begging Joseph day after day, but
he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her.One day,
Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work, and none of the other
servants were there. Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and
said, "Make love to me!" Joseph ran out of the house, leaving her
hanging onto his coat. When this happened, she 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. And when he heard me
scream, he ran out of the house, leaving his coat with me." Potiphar's
wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home. Then she said,
"That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me! But when I screamed for
help, he left his coat and ran out of the house." Potiphar became very
angry and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners
were kept. While Joseph was in prison, the Lord helped him and was
good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much that he put
him in charge of the other prisoners and of everything that was done
in the jail. The jailer did not worry about anything, because the
Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did."
God bless you.
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
"The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, the
king's official in charge of the palace guard. - So 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.
Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant, putting him
in charge of his house and all of his property. Because of Joseph,
the Lord began to bless Potiphar's family and fields. Potiphar 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, and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make
love to her, but 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. No 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." She kept begging Joseph day after day, but
he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her.One day,
Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work, and none of the other
servants were there. Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and
said, "Make love to me!" Joseph ran out of the house, leaving her
hanging onto his coat. When this happened, she 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. And when he heard me
scream, he ran out of the house, leaving his coat with me." Potiphar's
wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home. Then she said,
"That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me! But when I screamed for
help, he left his coat and ran out of the house." Potiphar became very
angry and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners
were kept. While Joseph was in prison, the Lord helped him and was
good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much that he put
him in charge of the other prisoners and of everything that was done
in the jail. The jailer did not worry about anything, because the
Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did."
God bless you.
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