1. The traders who bought Joseph took him down to Egypt. They sold him to the captain of Pharaoh’s guard, Potiphar.
2. The Lord helped Joseph become a successful man. Joseph lived in the house of his master, Potiphar the Egyptian.
3. Potiphar saw that the Lord was with Joseph and that the Lord helped Joseph be successful in everything he did.
4. So Potiphar was very happy with Joseph. He allowed Joseph to work for him and to help him rule the house. Joseph was the ruler over everything Potiphar owned.
5. After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord also blessed everything that grew in Potiphar’s fields. The Lord did this because of Joseph.
6. So Potiphar allowed Joseph to take responsibility for everything in the house. Potiphar didn’t have to worry about anything except deciding what to eat. Joseph was a very handsome, good-looking man.
7. After some time, the wife of Joseph’s master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, “Sleep with me.”
8. But Joseph refused. He said, “My master trusts me with everything in his house. He has given me responsibility for everything here.
9. My master has made me almost equal to him in his house. I cannot sleep with his wife! That is wrong! It is a sin against God.”
10. The woman talked with Joseph every day, but he refused to sleep with her.