1 José foi conduzido ao Egito, e Putifar, um oficial egípcio do faraó, chefe da guarda, comprou-o aos ismaelitas que o levavam.
2 O Senhor estava com José, e tudo lhe prosperava. Morava na casa do seu senhor, o egípcio.
3 Seu senhor viu que o Senhor estava com ele e lhe fazia prosperar tudo o que empreendia.
4 José conquistou a simpatia do seu senhor, que o empregou ao seu serviço, pondo-o à testa de sua casa e confiando-lhe todos os seus bens.
5 Desde o momento em que José tomou o governo de sua casa e de todos os seus bens, o Senhor abençoou a casa do egípcio, por causa de José: a bênção do Senhor desceu sobre tudo o que lhe pertencia, na casa como nos campos.
6 Ele entregou todos os seus negócios a José, sem mais se preocupar de coisa alguma, exceto do que se alimentava. Ora, José era belo de corpo e de rosto.
7 E aconteceu, depois de tudo isto, que a mulher de seu senhor lançou seus olhos em José e disse-lhe: "Dorme comigo."
8 Mas ele recusou: "Meu senhor, disse-lhe ele, não me pede conta alguma do que se faz na casa, e confiou-me todos os seus bens.
9 Não há maior do que eu nesta casa; ele nada me interdisse, exceto tu, que és sua mulher. Como poderia eu cometer um tão grande crime e pecar contra Deus?"
10 Em vão se esforçava ela todos os dias, falando a José; ele não consentia em dormir com ela e unir-se a ela.
11 Certo dia, tendo ele entrado na casa para fazer seus serviços, e não se encontrando ali ninguém da casa,
12 ela segurou-o pelo manto, dizendo: "Dorme comigo!" Mas José, largando-lhe o manto nas mãos, fugiu.
13 Vendo a mulher que ele lhe tinha deixado o manto nas mãos e fugido,
14 chamou a gente de sua casa e disse-lhes: "Vede: trouxeram-nos este hebreu para a casa a fim de que ele abuse de nós. Este homem veio-me procurar para dormir comigo, mas eu gritei.
15 E vendo que eu me punha a gritar, deixou seu manto ao meu lado e fugiu."
16 E guardou junto de si as vestes de José até a volta de seu senhor.
17 E fez-lhe a mesma narrativa: "O escravo hebreu, disse ela, que nos trouxeste, veio à minha procura para abusar de mim.
18 Mas, pondo-me a gritar, deixou o seu manto ao meu lado e fugiu."
19 Ao ouvir isto de sua mulher, contando-lhe como se tinha comportado com ela o seu servo, ele enfureceu-se,
20 e lançou José na prisão, onde se encontravam detidos os prisioneiros do rei. E José foi encarcerado.
21 O Senhor estava com ele. Mostrou-lhe sua bondade e fez que ele conquistasse a simpatia do chefe da prisão.
22 Este confiou a José todos o presos que ali se encontravam, e nada se fazia sem sua ordem.
23 O chefe da prisão não fiscalizava nada do que fazia José, porque o Senhor estava com ele e fazia-lhe prosperar tudo o que empreendia.
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.