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39:1  The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, the king's official in charge of the palace guard.
39:2  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.
39:3  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.
39:4  Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant, putting him in charge of his house and all of his property.
39:5  Because of Joseph, the Lord began to bless Potiphar's family and fields.
39:6  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,
39:7  and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her,
39:8  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.
39:9  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.”
39:10  She kept begging Joseph day after day, but he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her.
39:11  One day, Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work, and none of the other servants were there.
39:12  Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and said, “Make love to me!” Joseph ran out of the house, leaving his coat there in her hands.
39:13  When this happened,
39:14  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.
39:15  And when he heard me scream, he ran out of the house, leaving his coat with me.”
39:16  Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.
39:17  Then she said, “That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me!
39:18  But when I screamed for help, he left his coat and ran out of the house.”
39:19  Potiphar became very angry
39:20  and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,
39:21  the Lord helped him and was good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much that
39:22  he put him in charge of the other prisoners and of everything that was done in the jail.
39:23  The jailer did not worry about anything, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did.