1. When Joseph was taken down to Egypt, an Egyptian, Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and his chief steward, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
2. The Lord was with Joseph and he enjoyed great success and was assigned to the household of his Egyptian master.
3. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and brought him success in whatever he did,
4. he favored Joseph and made him his personal attendant; he put him in charge of his household and entrusted to him all his possessions.
5. From the moment that he put him in charge of his household and all his possessions, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the Lord’s blessing was on everything he owned, both inside the house and out.
6. Having left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge, he gave no thought, with Joseph there, to anything but the food he ate.Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.
7. After a time, his master’s wife looked at him with longing and said, “Lie with me.”
8. But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, as long as I am here, my master does not give a thought to anything in the house, but has entrusted to me all he owns.
9. He has no more authority in this house than I do. He has withheld from me nothing but you, since you are his wife. How, then, could I do this great wrong and sin against God?”
10. Although she spoke to him day after day, he would not agree to lie with her, or even be near her.
11. One such day, when Joseph came into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were then in the house,