1. Now the Ishmaelites had taken Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.
2. The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,
3. who saw that the Lord was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he did.
4. Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant; so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
5. From then on, because of Joseph the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.
6. Potiphar handed over everything he had to the care of Joseph and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.Joseph was well-built and good-looking,
7. and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.