1 Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.
4 And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.
5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.
6 And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
7 And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
8 But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;
9 So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?
10 And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.
11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.
12 And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.
13 And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,
14 She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;
15 And hearing it he went running out without his coat.
16 And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.
17 Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;
18 And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.
19 And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.
20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.
21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.
22 And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.
23 And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.
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.