Genesis 37:36

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Genesis 37:34–36 · Berean Standard Bible

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

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And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

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When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

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Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

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From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

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So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

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and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

Genesis 39:8

But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

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No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

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Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

Genesis 39:11

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

Genesis 39:12

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

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When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

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she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Genesis 39:15

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

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Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

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but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

Genesis 39:20

So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

Genesis 39:21

the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

Genesis 39:22

And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

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The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

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