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Genesis 39:5-13 God's Word Translation (GW)

5. From that time on the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s household because of Joseph. Therefore, the Lord’s blessing was on everything Potiphar owned in his house and in his fields.

6. So he left all that he owned in Joseph’s care. He wasn’t concerned about anything except the food he ate.Joseph was well-built and handsome.

7. After a while his master’s wife began to desire Joseph, so she said, “Come to bed with me.”

8. But Joseph refused and said to her, “My master doesn’t concern himself with anything in the house. He trusts me with everything he owns.

9. No one in this house is greater than I. He’s kept nothing back from me except you, because you’re his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”

10. Although she kept asking Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or be with her.

11. One day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.

12. She grabbed him by his clothes and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he ran outside and left his clothes in her hand.

13. When she realized that he had gone but had left his clothes behind,

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