¶ And Joseph¹ was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites², which had brought him down thither.

And the LORD³ was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house⁴ of his master the Egyptian.

And his master saw that⁵ the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper⁶ in his hand.

And Joseph⁷ found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer⁸ over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's⁹ sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.

And he left¹⁰ all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save¹¹ the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person,¹² and well favoured.

¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast¹³ her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie¹⁴ with me.

But he refused¹⁵, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master¹⁶ wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

There is none¹⁷ greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then¹⁸ can I do this great wickedness, and sin¹⁹ against God?

¶ And it came to pass, as she spake²⁰ to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be²¹ with her.

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men²² of the house there within.

And she caught²³ him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left²⁴ his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

¶ And it came to pass,²⁵ when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand²⁶, and was fled forth,

That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath²⁷ brought in an Hebrew²⁸ unto us to mock us; he came²⁹ in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud³⁰ voice:

And it came to pass,³¹ when he heard that I lifted³² up my voice and cried, that he left his garment³³ with me, and fled, and got him out.

³⁴And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

³⁵And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

And it came to pass,³⁶ as I lifted³⁷ up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

¶ And it came to pass, when his master heard³⁸ the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath³⁹ was kindled.

¶ And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison⁴⁰, a place where the king's⁴¹ prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

But the LORD⁴² was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy⁴³, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

And the keeper of the prison committed⁴⁴ to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

The keeper⁴⁵ of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because⁴⁶ the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.