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    Genesis 39

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    Joseph loses his cloak, his place in the household, and his liberty—yet prison promptly gives him another household to run.

    A household placed in Joseph’s handsvv. 1–6

    Joseph is taken down to Egypt and bought by Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh. The LORD is with him, and prosperity follows him into Potiphar’s household so conspicuously that Potiphar entrusts everything to his care. There is one exception: Potiphar keeps his wife outside Joseph’s authority, while concerning himself with nothing but his dinner—a remarkably modest retirement from management.

    The cloak makes the casevv. 7–20

    Potiphar’s wife asks Joseph to sleep with her. He refuses, not wishing to betray his master or sin against God, and continues refusing her day after day. Then, finding him alone in the house, she seizes his cloak; Joseph leaves it behind and runs outside. The garment becomes her exhibit: she keeps it until Potiphar returns, then tells the same story twice, with the cloak obligingly present at every stage. Potiphar burns with anger and sends Joseph to the prison where the king’s prisoners are confined.

    The prison acquires an administratorvv. 21–23

    Prison does not end Joseph’s rise in responsibility. The LORD is with him, the warden favors him, and all the prisoners are put under his care. The warden, like Potiphar before him, stops concerning himself with what Joseph manages; the setting has changed, but Joseph’s astonishing career in other people’s households continues.

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    1. Gen 39:1Meanwhile, 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.

    2. Gen 39:2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

    3. Gen 39:3When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

    4. Gen 39:4Joseph 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.

    5. Gen 39:5From 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.

    6. Gen 39:6So 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,

    7. Gen 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

    8. Gen 39:8But 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.

    9. Gen 39:9No 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?”

    10. Gen 39:10Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

    11. Gen 39:11One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

    12. Gen 39:12She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

    13. Gen 39:13When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

    14. Gen 39:14she 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.

    15. Gen 39:15When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

    16. Gen 39:16So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

    17. Gen 39:17Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

    18. Gen 39:18but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

    19. Gen 39:19When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

    20. Gen 39:20So 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,

    21. Gen 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

    22. Gen 39:22And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

    23. Gen 39:23The 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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    • 21 Samuel 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
    • 2Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
    • 2Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
    • 2Genesis 26:28“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
    • 2Acts 7:9–10Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
    • 2Genesis 21:22At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
    • 2Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
    • 2Genesis 26:24and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
    • 21Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 3Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
    • 21Exodus 3:21And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
    • 5Genesis 30:27But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
    • 23Genesis 39:2–3And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
    • 21 Corinthians 7:20–24Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
    • 122 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
    • 21 Samuel 18:28When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

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