Genesis 39:1-10 ▼

1 Joseph had been taken to Egypt. Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's Egyptian officials and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

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

3 Joseph's master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he did successful.

4 Potiphar liked Joseph so much that he made him his trusted servant. He put him in charge of his household and everything he owned.

5 From that time on the LORD blessed the Egyptian's household because of Joseph. Therefore, the LORD's blessing was on everything Potiphar owned in his house and in his fields.

6 So he left all that he owned in Joseph's care. He wasn't concerned about anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

7 After a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, |Come to bed with me.|

8 But Joseph refused and said to her, |My master doesn't concern himself with anything in the house. He trusts me with everything he owns.

9 No one in this house is greater than I. He's kept nothing back from me except you, because you're his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?|

10 Although she kept asking Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or be with her.