1 E José foi levado ao Egito, e Potifar, oficial de Faraó, capitão da guarda, homem egípcio, comprou-o da mão dos ismaelitas que o tinham levado lá.
2 E o SENHOR estava com José, e foi homem próspero; e estava na casa de seu senhor egípcio.
3 Vendo, pois, o seu senhor que o SENHOR estava com ele, e tudo o que fazia o SENHOR prosperava em sua mão,
4 José achou graça em seus olhos, e servia-o; e ele o pôs sobre a sua casa, e entregou na sua mão tudo o que tinha.
5 E aconteceu que, desde que o pusera sobre a sua casa e sobre tudo o que tinha, o Senhor abençoou a casa do egípcio por amor de José; e a bênção do Senhor foi sobre tudo o que tinha, na casa e no campo.
6 E deixou tudo o que tinha na mão de José, de maneira que nada sabia do que estava com ele, a não ser do pão que comia. E José era formoso de porte, e de semblante.
7 E aconteceu depois destas coisas que a mulher do seu senhor pôs os seus olhos em José, e disse: Deita-te comigo.
8 Porém ele recusou, e disse à mulher do seu senhor: Eis que o meu senhor não sabe do que há em casa comigo, e entregou em minha mão tudo o que tem;
9 Ninguém há maior do que eu nesta casa, e nenhuma coisa me vedou, senão a ti, porquanto tu és sua mulher; como pois faria eu tamanha maldade, e pecaria contra Deus?
10 E aconteceu que falando ela cada dia a José, e não lhe dando ele ouvidos, para deitar-se com ela, e estar com ela,
11 Sucedeu num certo dia que ele veio à casa para fazer seu serviço; e nenhum dos da casa estava ali;
12 E ela lhe pegou pela sua roupa, dizendo: Deita-te comigo. E ele deixou a sua roupa na mão dela, e fugiu, e saiu para fora.
13 E aconteceu que, vendo ela que deixara a sua roupa em sua mão, e fugira para fora,
14 Chamou aos homens de sua casa, e falou-lhes, dizendo: Vede, meu marido trouxe-nos um homem hebreu para escarnecer de nós; veio a mim para deitar-se comigo, e eu gritei com grande voz;
15 E aconteceu que, ouvindo ele que eu levantava a minha voz e gritava, deixou a sua roupa comigo, e fugiu, e saiu para fora.
16 E ela pôs a sua roupa perto de si, até que o seu senhor voltou à sua casa.
17 Então falou-lhe conforme as mesmas palavras, dizendo: Veio a mim o servo hebreu, que nos trouxeste, para escarnecer de mim;
18 E aconteceu que, levantando eu a minha voz e gritando, ele deixou a sua roupa comigo, e fugiu para fora.
19 E aconteceu que, ouvindo o seu senhor as palavras de sua mulher, que lhe falava, dizendo: Conforme a estas mesmas palavras me fez teu servo, a sua ira se acendeu.
20 E o senhor de José o tomou, e o entregou na casa do cárcere, no lugar onde os presos do rei estavam encarcerados; assim esteve ali na casa do cárcere.
21 O Senhor, porém, estava com José, e estendeu sobre ele a sua benignidade, e deu-lhe graça aos olhos do carcereiro-mor.
22 E o carcereiro-mor entregou na mão de José todos os presos que estavam na casa do cárcere, e ele ordenava tudo o que se fazia ali.
23 E o carcereiro-mor não teve cuidado de nenhuma coisa que estava na mão dele, porquanto o Senhor estava com ele, e tudo o que fazia o Senhor prosperava.
1 Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Pot'i-phar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ish'maelites who had brought him down there.
2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian,
3 and his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.
5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in house and field.
6 So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge; and having him he had no concern for anything but the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking.
7 And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, "Lie with me."
8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Lo, having me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand;
9 he is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife; how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
10 And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her.
11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house,
12 she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and got out of the house.
13 And when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled out of the house,
14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to insult us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice;
15 and when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled and got out of the house."
16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home,
17 and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to insult me;
18 but as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out of the house."
19 When his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, "This is the way your servant treated me," his anger was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatever was done there, he was the doer of it;
23 the keeper of the prison paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.