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.
1 约瑟被带下埃及去了。有一个埃及人， 是法老的臣宰， 军长波提乏， 从那些带约瑟下来的以实玛利人手里买了他。
2 耶和华与约瑟同在， 约瑟就事事顺利， 住在他主人埃及人的家里。
3 他的主人见耶和华与他同在， 又见耶和华使他手里所作的尽都顺利，
4 约瑟就得主人的欢心， 服事他的主人。他主人指派他管理他的家， 把自己所有的一切都交在他手里。
5 自从主人指派约瑟管理他的家， 和他所有的一切， 耶和华就因约瑟的缘故， 赐福给那埃及人的家。他家里和田间所有的一切， 都蒙耶和华赐福。
6 波提乏把自己所有的一切， 都交在约瑟的手里。除了自己所吃的饭以外， 其他的事他一概不管。约瑟生来体格壮健， 容貌俊美。
7 这些事以后， 约瑟主人的妻子以目传情给约瑟， 说： "与我同睡吧。"
8 约瑟不肯， 对他主人的妻子说： "你看， 家中的事我主人一概不管； 他把他所有的一切， 都交在我的手里。
9 在这家里没有比我大的。除你以外， 我主人没有留下一样不交给我， 因为你是他的妻子。我怎可以作这极恶的事， 得罪 神呢？"
10 她虽然天天对约瑟这样说， 约瑟却不听从她， 不肯与她同睡， 也不与她在一起。
11 有一天， 约瑟到屋里办事， 家里的人没有一个在屋里。
12 妇人就抓住约瑟的衣服， 说： "与我同睡吧。"约瑟把自己的衣服留在妇人的手里， 跑到外面去了。
13 妇人见约瑟把衣服留在她手里， 跑到外面去，
14 就把家里的人都叫了来， 对他们说： "你们看， 我丈夫带回家来的希伯来人想调戏我。他进到我这里来， 要与我同睡， 我就大声呼叫。
15 他一听见我高声呼叫， 就把衣服留在我身边， 跑到外面去了。"
16 妇人把约瑟的衣服放在她身边， 等她的主人回家。
17 她又用同样的话对他说： "你带回家来的希伯来人， 竟进到这里来， 要调戏我。
18 我高声呼叫， 他就把衣服留在我身边， 跑到外面去了。"
19 约瑟的主人听了他妻子对他所说的话， 说： "你的仆人就是这样对待我。"他就非常生气。
20 于是， 约瑟的主人拿住约瑟， 把他关在监里， 就是王的囚犯被监禁的地方； 约瑟就在那里坐监。
21 但是， 耶和华与约瑟同在， 向他施慈爱， 使他得到监狱长的欢心。
22 因此， 监狱长把监里所有的囚犯都交在约瑟手里； 他们在那里所作的一切事务， 都由约瑟负责处理。
23 凡交在约瑟手里的事务， 监狱长一概不闻不问； 因为耶和华与约瑟同在， 使他所作的尽都顺利。