1 En Josef is afgebring na Egipte; en Potifar, 'n hofdienaar van Farao, die owerste van die lyfwag, 'n Egiptiese man, het hom gekoop uit die hand van die Ismaeliete wat hom daarheen afgebring het.
2 En die HERE was met Josef, sodat hy 'n voorspoedige man was; en hy het in die huis van sy heer, die Egiptenaar, gebly.
3 En toe sy heer sien dat die HERE met hom was, en dat die HERE alles wat hy doen, in sy hand voorspoedig maak,
4 het Josef guns in sy oë gevind en hom gedien; en hy het hom aangestel oor sy huis, en alles wat in sy besit was, aan hom oorgegee.
5 En vandat hy hom aangestel het oor sy huis en oor alles wat in sy besit was, het die HERE die huis van die Egiptenaar geseënter wille van Josef; ja, die seën van die HERE was by alles wat syne was, in die huis en op die veld.
6 En hy het alles wat syne was, aan Josef oorgelaat, sodat hy met sy hulp van niks kennis geneem het nie as net van die brood wat hy geëet het. En Josef was skoon van gestalte en mooi van aansien.
7 N hierdie dinge het die vrou van sy heer haar oë na Josef opgeslaan en gesê: Kom hou gemeenskap met my.
8 Maar hy het geweier en aan die vrou van sy heer gesê: Kyk, deur my is dit dat my heer geen kennis neem van wat in die huis is nie; en alles wat syne is, het hy aan my oorgegee.
9 Hy is in hierdie huis nie groter as ek nie en het my niks onthou nie behalwe u, omdat u sy vrou is; hoe kan ek dan hierdie groot kwaad doen en sondig teen God?
10 En nadat sy met Josef dag n dag gespreek het, en hy na haar nie wou luister om by haar te lê om met haar gemeenskap te hou nie,
11 kom hy eendag in die huis om sy werk te doen terwyl niemand van die huisgenote binne was nie.
12 Toe gryp sy hom aan sy kleed en sê: Kom hou gemeenskap met my. Maar hy het sy kleed in haar hand laat agterbly en gevlug en na buite geloop.
13 Toe sy dan sien dat hy sy kleed in haar hand laat bly en buitentoe gevlug het,
14 roep sy na haar huisgenote en sê aan hulle: Kyk, hy het vir ons 'n Hebreeuse man hier gebring om met ons gek te skeer; hy het na my gekom om met my gemeenskap te hê, en ek het hard geskreeu;
15 en toe hy hoor dat ek my stem verhef en skreeu, het hy sy kleed by my laat agterbly en gevlug en na buite geloop.
16 En sy het sy kleed by haar neergelê totdat sy heer tuisgekom het.
17 En sy het hom met dieselfde woorde aangespreek en gesê: Die Hebreeuse kneg wat jy vir ons hier gebring het, het na my gekom om met my gek te skeer;
18 en toe ek my stem verhef en skreeu, het hy sy kleed by my laat agterbly en na buite gevlug.
19 Toe sy heer die woorde hoor waarmee sy vrou hom aanspreek: So en so het jou kneg aan my gedoen -- het hy baie kwaad geword;
20 en die heer van Josef het hom laat vang en hom in die gevangenis gesit op die plek waar die gevangenes van die koning opgesluit was; en hy was daar in die gevangenis.
21 Maar die HERE was met Josef, en Hy het goedertierenheid aan hom bewys en hom guns verleen in die oë van die owerste van die gevangenis.
22 En die owerste van die gevangenis het almal wat in die gevangenis opgesluit was, aan Josef toevertrou; en alles wat daar te doen was, het hy gedoen.
23 Die owerste van die gevangenis het glad nie na iets omgekyk wat aan hom toevertrou was nie, omdat die HERE met hom was; en wat hy doen, het die HERE voorspoedig laat wees.
1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that 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 favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored. 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: 9 he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto 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 by me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: 18 and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. 21 But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper.