Genesis Chapter 39
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CHAP. XXXIX.

I Ioseph aduanced in Potiphars house. 7 Hee resisteth his mistresses temptation. 13 He is falsly accused. 19 Hee is cast in prison. 21 God is with him there.

¹ And Ioseph was brought downe to Egypt, and Potiphar an Officer of Pharaoh, captaine of þ^e guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him downe thither.

² And the LORD was with Ioseph, and hee was a prosperous man, and hee was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

³ And his master sawe that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did, to prosper in his hand.

⁴ And Ioseph found grace in his sight, and he serued him; and hee made him ouerseer ouer his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

⁵ And it came to passe from the time that hee had made him overseer in his house, and ouer all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephs sake: and the blessing of the LORD was vpon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

⁶ And he left all that he had, in Iosephs hand: and he knew not ought he had, saue the bread which he did eate: and Ioseph was a goodly person, and well fauoured.

⁷ ¶ And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.

⁸ But he refused, and said vnto his masters wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with mee in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath, to my hand.

⁹ There is none greater in this house then I: neither hath hee kept backe any thing from me, but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I doe this great wickednesse, and sinne against God?

¹⁰ And it came to passe as she spake to Ioseph day by day, that hee hearkened not vnto her, to lie by her, or to bee with her.

¹¹ And it came to passe about this time, that Ioseph went in to the house, to doe his busines, and there was none of the men of the house there within.

¹² And shee caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.