Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 1 UST Now{ as you know,}{ some} Ishmaelite traders had taken Joseph down to{ the country of} Egypt, and an Egyptian{ named} Potiphar had bought him{ as a servant} from them. Potiphar{ was}{ one of}{ King} Pharaoh’ s officers, the captain over the king’ s{ personal} guards. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
2 UST As Joseph worked in his Egyptian owner’ s house, Yahweh was with him{ and helped him}, so that he succeeded in everything he did. BSB BSB: And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
3 UST His owner realized that Yahweh{ was} with him and was helping him to succeed in everything that he did. BSB BSB: When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
4 UST So Potiphar was pleased with Joseph and made him his personal servant. He also put him in charge of managing his household and taking care of everything{ else}{ that} he owned. BSB BSB: Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
5 UST From the time{ that} Joseph’ s Egyptian owner did that, Yahweh blessed the household of that Egyptian{ man} for Joseph’ s sake. He blessed everything that belonged to him,{ including}{ everything} in{ his} home and in{ his} fields. BSB BSB: From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
6 UST In fact, after Joseph’ s owner put him in charge of everything that he owned, he did not{ need to} concern himself with anything{ in his household} except for{ personal matters like}{ deciding} what{ kind of} food{ he wanted} to eat. Joseph was well- built and good- looking. BSB BSB: So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
7 UST So after a while, his owner’ s wife started looking at him{ with desire} and told{ him},“Come to bed with me!” BSB BSB: and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
8 UST But Joseph refused and said to her,“Listen, because of me, my owner does not{ have to} concern himself with anything that{ is} in{ his} house. In fact, he has put me in charge of everything that he owns, BSB BSB: But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
9 UST { so that} he has no one in his household who has more authority than I do. He has given me freedom with everything{ in his household}, except you,{ of course,} because you{ are} his wife. So there is no way I would{ ever} sin against God by doing such an evil thing!” BSB BSB: No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
10 UST Day after day Potiphar’ s wife kept pressuring Joseph to go to bed with her, but he refused her requests and stayed away from her. BSB BSB: Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
11 UST Then one day Joseph went to{ his owner’ s} house{ as usual} to do his work, but no other menservants from the household were there. BSB BSB: One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
12 UST So Potiphar’ s wife{ saw her chance and} grabbed{ hold of} Joseph by his robe{ and} demanded,“Come to bed with me!” But{ immediately} he fled and left his robe in her hands as he ran outdoors. BSB BSB: She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned 13 UST As soon as she saw that Joseph had run outdoors and left his robe{ behind} in her hands, BSB BSB: When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
14 UST she summoned the{ other} menservants from her household. Then{ when they arrived,} she exclaimed to them,“Look, my husband brought{ this} Hebrew servant{ here} among us to make fools of us! He came here to rape me, but I screamed loudly{ for help}! BSB BSB: she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
15 UST Then as soon as he heard me scream like that, he left his robe with me and ran outdoors!” BSB BSB: When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
16 UST So Potiphar’ s wife kept Joseph’ s robe with her until{ her husband,} Joseph’ s owner, returned home. BSB BSB: So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
17 UST Then she told him the same story. She said,“The Hebrew servant whom you brought among us came here to make a fool of me! BSB BSB: Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
18 UST But as soon as I screamed loudly, he left his robe with me and ran outdoors!” BSB BSB: but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
19 UST When Joseph’ s owner heard what his wife said his servant had done to her, he became very angry. BSB BSB: When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
20 UST So he{ had soldiers} arrest Joseph and put him in the prison where they kept people who had committed crimes against the king. Joseph remained there in prison, BSB BSB: So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
21 UST but Yahweh was with him and was kind to him and caused the prison warden to be pleased with him,{ so that he treated him well}. BSB BSB: the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
22 UST So{ before long} the warden put Joseph in charge of all the{ other} prisoners who{ were} in that prison, so that he{ was the one who} managed everything that they did there. BSB BSB: And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
23 UST The warden did not{ need to} pay attention to anything at all that Joseph was in charge of, because Yahweh was with Joseph and enabled him to succeed at everything he did. BSB BSB: The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.