1 E José foi levado ao Egito, e Potifar, oficial de Faraó, capitão da guarda, homem egípcio, comprou-o da mão dos ismaelitas que o tinham levado lá.

2 E o SENHOR estava com José, e foi homem próspero; e estava na casa de seu senhor egípcio.

3 Vendo, pois, o seu senhor que o SENHOR estava com ele, e tudo o que fazia o SENHOR prosperava em sua mão,

4 José achou graça em seus olhos, e servia-o; e ele o pôs sobre a sua casa, e entregou na sua mão tudo o que tinha.

5 E aconteceu que, desde que o pusera sobre a sua casa e sobre tudo o que tinha, o Senhor abençoou a casa do egípcio por amor de José; e a bênção do Senhor foi sobre tudo o que tinha, na casa e no campo.

6 E deixou tudo o que tinha na mão de José, de maneira que nada sabia do que estava com ele, a não ser do pão que comia. E José era formoso de porte, e de semblante.

7 E aconteceu depois destas coisas que a mulher do seu senhor pôs os seus olhos em José, e disse: Deita-te comigo.

8 Porém ele recusou, e disse à mulher do seu senhor: Eis que o meu senhor não sabe do que há em casa comigo, e entregou em minha mão tudo o que tem;

9 Ninguém há maior do que eu nesta casa, e nenhuma coisa me vedou, senão a ti, porquanto tu és sua mulher; como pois faria eu tamanha maldade, e pecaria contra Deus?

10 E aconteceu que falando ela cada dia a José, e não lhe dando ele ouvidos, para deitar-se com ela, e estar com ela,

11 Sucedeu num certo dia que ele veio à casa para fazer seu serviço; e nenhum dos da casa estava ali;

12 E ela lhe pegou pela sua roupa, dizendo: Deita-te comigo. E ele deixou a sua roupa na mão dela, e fugiu, e saiu para fora.

13 E aconteceu que, vendo ela que deixara a sua roupa em sua mão, e fugira para fora,

14 Chamou aos homens de sua casa, e falou-lhes, dizendo: Vede, meu marido trouxe-nos um homem hebreu para escarnecer de nós; veio a mim para deitar-se comigo, e eu gritei com grande voz;

15 E aconteceu que, ouvindo ele que eu levantava a minha voz e gritava, deixou a sua roupa comigo, e fugiu, e saiu para fora.

16 E ela pôs a sua roupa perto de si, até que o seu senhor voltou à sua casa.

17 Então falou-lhe conforme as mesmas palavras, dizendo: Veio a mim o servo hebreu, que nos trouxeste, para escarnecer de mim;

18 E aconteceu que, levantando eu a minha voz e gritando, ele deixou a sua roupa comigo, e fugiu para fora.

19 E aconteceu que, ouvindo o seu senhor as palavras de sua mulher, que lhe falava, dizendo: Conforme a estas mesmas palavras me fez teu servo, a sua ira se acendeu.

20 E o senhor de José o tomou, e o entregou na casa do cárcere, no lugar onde os presos do rei estavam encarcerados; assim esteve ali na casa do cárcere.

21 O Senhor, porém, estava com José, e estendeu sobre ele a sua benignidade, e deu-lhe graça aos olhos do carcereiro-mor.

22 E o carcereiro-mor entregou na mão de José todos os presos que estavam na casa do cárcere, e ele ordenava tudo o que se fazia ali.

23 E o carcereiro-mor não teve cuidado de nenhuma coisa que estava na mão dele, porquanto o Senhor estava com ele, e tudo o que fazia o Senhor prosperava.

1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.

2 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3 And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

4 And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.

5 And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.

9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

10 And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her {and} to be with her,

11 that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

12 Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled forth,

14 that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;

15 and it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went out.

16 And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.

17 And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;

18 and it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled forth.

19 And it came to pass when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy bondman to me, that his wrath was kindled.

20 And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, {the} place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.

21 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.

22 And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did.

23 The chief of the tower-house looked not to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and what he did, Jehovah made it prosper.