Gênesis 39

¹ And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, anSee (Gen_37:36).officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

² And theThe favour of God is the fountain of all prosperity.LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

³ And his master sawe that the Lorde was with him, and that the Lorde made all that hee did to prosper in his hande.

⁴ And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made himBecause God prospered him: and so he made religion serve his profit.overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into his hand.

⁵ And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORDThe wicked are blessed by the company of the godly.blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

⁶ And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand;For he was sure that everything would prosper: therefore he ate and drank and did not worry.and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured.

⁷ And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said,In this word he declares the purpose she was working towards.Lie with me.

⁸ But he refused and said to his masters wife, Beholde, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to mine hande.

⁹ [There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin againstThe fear of God preserved him against her continual temptations.God?

¹⁰ And albeit she spake to Ioseph day by day, yet he hearkened not vnto her, to lye with her, or to be in her company.

¹¹ Then on a certaine day Ioseph entred into the house, to doe his businesse: and there was no man of the houshold in the house:

¹² Therefore she caught him by his garmet, saying, Sleepe with me: but he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out.

¹³ Nowe when she sawe that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,

¹⁴ That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and IThis declares that in which lack of restraint exists and to this is joined extreme impudency and deceit.cried with a loud voice:

¹⁵ And when he heard that I lift vp my voice and cryed, he left his garment with me, and fled away, and got him out.

¹⁶ So she layde vp his garment by her, vntill her lord came home.

¹⁷ Then she tolde him according to these words, saying, The Ebrew seruat, which thou hast brought vnto vs, came in to me, to mocke me.

¹⁸ But assoone as I lift vp my voyce & cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out.

¹⁹ Then when his master heard the wordes of his wife, which she tolde him, saying, After this maner did thy seruant to me, his anger was kindled.

²⁰ And Joseph's master took him, and put him into theHis bad treatment in the prison may be gathered from (Psa_105:18).prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.

²¹ But the Lorde was with Ioseph, and shewed him mercie, and got him fauour in the sight of the master of the prison.

²² And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; andThat is, nothing was done without his commandment.whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it].

²³ And the keeper of the prison looked vnto nothing that was vnder his hande, seeing that the Lord was with him: for whatsoeuer he did, the Lorde made it to prosper.