| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. | 1Meanwhile, 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. |
| 2The LORD was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master. | 2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. |
| 3His master observed that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he was doing successful. | 3When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did, |
| 4So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. | 4Joseph 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. |
| 5From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields. | 5From 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. |
| 6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. | 6So 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, |
| 7Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me." | 7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” |
| 8But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care. | 8But 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. |
| 9There is no one greater in this household 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?" | 9No 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?” |
| 10Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her. | 10Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her. |
| 11One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house. | 11One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside. |
| 12She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, "Have sex with me!" But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside. | 12She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside. |
| 13When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside, | 13When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, |
| 14she called for her household servants and said to them, "See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly. | 14she 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. |
| 15When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside." | 15When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.” |
| 16So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home. | 16So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home. |
| 17This is what she said to him: "That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me, | 17Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me, |
| 18but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside." | 18but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.” |
| 19When his master heard his wife say, "This is the way your slave treated me," he became furious. | 19When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger. |
| 20Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison. | 20So 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, |
| 21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. | 21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. |
| 22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. | 22And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison. |
| 23The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph's care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful. | 23The 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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