New English Translation

Genesis 39:12-23 New English Translation (NET)

12. She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.

13. When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,

14. she called for her household servants and said to them, “See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly.

15. When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside.”

16. So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

17. This is what she said to him: “That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,

18. but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”

19. When his master heard his wife say, “This is the way your slave treated me,” he became furious.

20. Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

21. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

22. The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

23. The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the Lord was with him and whatever he was doing the Lord was making successful.