1 José havia sido levado para o Egito, onde o egípcio Potifar, oficial do faraó e capitão da guarda, comprou-o dos ismaelitas que o tinham levado para lá.

2 O Senhor estava com José, de modo que este prosperou e passou a morar na casa do seu senhor egípcio.

3 Quando este percebeu que o Senhor estava com ele e que o fazia prosperar em tudo o que realizava,

4 agradou-se de José e tornou-o administrador de seus bens. Potifar deixou a seu cuidado a sua casa e lhe confiou tudo o que possuía.

5 Desde que o deixou cuidando de sua casa e de todos os seus bens, o Senhor abençoou a casa do egípcio por causa de José. A bênção do Senhor estava sobre tudo o que Potifar possuía, tanto em casa como no campo.

6 Assim, deixou ele aos cuidados de José tudo o que tinha, e não se preocupava com coisa alguma, exceto com sua própria comida. José era atraente e de boa aparência,

7 e, depois de certo tempo, a mulher do seu senhor começou a cobiçá-lo e o convidou: "Venha, deite-se comigo! "

8 Mas ele se recusou e lhe disse: "Meu senhor não se preocupa com coisa alguma de sua casa, e tudo o que tem deixou aos meus cuidados.

9 Ninguém desta casa está acima de mim. Ele nada me negou, a não ser a senhora, porque é a mulher dele. Como poderia eu, então, cometer algo tão perverso e pecar contra Deus? "

10 Assim, embora ela insistisse com José dia após dia, ele se recusava a deitar-se com ela e evitava ficar perto dela.

11 Um dia ele entrou na casa para fazer suas tarefas, e nenhum dos empregados ali se encontrava.

12 Ela o agarrou pelo manto e voltou a convidá-lo: "Vamos, deite-se comigo! " Mas ele fugiu da casa, deixando o manto na mão dela.

13 Quando ela viu que, ao fugir, ele tinha deixado o manto em sua mão,

14 chamou os empregados e lhes disse: "Vejam, este hebreu nos foi trazido para nos insultar! Ele entrou aqui e tentou abusar de mim, mas eu gritei.

15 Quando me ouviu gritar por socorro, largou seu manto ao meu lado e fugiu da casa".

16 Ela conservou o manto consigo até que o senhor de José chegasse em casa.

17 Então repetiu-lhe a história: "Aquele escravo hebreu que você nos trouxe aproximou-se de mim para me insultar.

18 Mas, quando gritei por socorro, ele largou seu manto ao meu lado e fugiu".

19 Quando o seu senhor ouviu o que a sua mulher lhe disse: "Foi assim que o seu escravo me tratou", ficou indignado.

20 Mandou buscar José e lançou-o na prisão em que eram postos os prisioneiros do rei. José ficou na prisão,

21 mas o Senhor estava com ele e o tratou com bondade, concedendo-lhe a simpatia do carcereiro.

22 Por isso o carcereiro encarregou José de todos os que estavam na prisão, e ele se tornou responsável por tudo o que lá sucedia.

23 O carcereiro não se preocupava com nada do que estava a cargo de José, porque o Senhor estava com José e lhe concedia bom êxito em tudo o que realizava.

1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there. 2 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand. 4 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake. Yahweh’s blessing was on all that he had, in the house and in the field. 6 He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.

Joseph was well-built and handsome. 7 After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

8 But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, "Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand. 9 No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"

10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside. 12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"

He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside. 13 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside, 14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. 15 When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside." 16 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. 17 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me, 18 and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

19 When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," his wrath was kindled. 20 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 custody. 21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. 23 The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.