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   (SEE 39:2)

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 her hanging onto his coat.

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.