Joseph Imprisoned in Egypt
Genesis 39, verse 1. Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, Pharaoh's eunuch and captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. Genesis 39, verse 2. The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was living in the house of his lord the Egyptian. Genesis 39, verse 3. So his lord saw that the Lord was with him and the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. Genesis 39, verse 4. Thus Joseph found grace in his sight and was pleasing to him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and put everything he had under Joseph's authority. Genesis 39, verse 5. So it was, from the time he made him overseer of his house and all he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all he had in the house and in the field. Genesis 39, verse 6. Thus he left all he had in Joseph's hand, and did not know what he had except for the bread he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. Genesis 39, verse 7. Then it came to pass after these things that his lord's wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.” Genesis 39, verse 8. But he refused and said to his lord's wife, “Look, my lord does not know what is with me in the house and has committed all he has to my hand. Genesis 39, verse 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?” Genesis 39, verse 10. So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to have relations with her. Genesis 39, verse 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, Genesis 39, verse 12. she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. Genesis 39, verse 13. So it was, when she saw he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, Genesis 39, verse 14. she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he 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. Genesis 39, verse 15. Thus it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.” Genesis 39, verse 16. So she kept his garment with her until his lord came home. Genesis 39, verse 17. Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant you brought to us came in to me to mock me; Genesis 39, verse 18. so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, he left his garment with me and fled outside.” Genesis 39, verse 19. So it was, when his lord heard the words his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” his anger was aroused. Genesis 39, verse 20. Then Joseph's lord took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were confined. Genesis 39, verse 21. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him grace in the sight of the chief prison keeper. Genesis 39, verse 22. So the chief keeper of the prison put under Joseph's authority both the prison and all the prisoners, and whatever they did there. Genesis 39, verse 23. The chief keeper of the prison did not look into anything under Joseph's authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.