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Gen 39:1

& Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.

Gen 39:2

& The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

Gen 39:3

& Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and {how} the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Gen 39:4

& So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge.

Gen 39:5

& It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus the LORD's blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

Gen 39:6

& So he left everything he owned in Joseph's charge; and with him {there} he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

Gen 39:7

& It came about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."

Gen 39:8

& But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me {here,} my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge.

Gen 39:9

& ~"There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?"

Gen 39:10

& As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her {or} be with her.

Gen 39:11

& Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside.

Gen 39:12

& She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.

Gen 39:13

& When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,

Gen 39:14

& she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed.

Gen 39:15

& ~"When he heard that I raised my voice and (Lit {called out}) screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside."

Gen 39:16

& So she left his garment beside her until his master came home.