1. Now the Ishmaelites had taken Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.
2. The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,
3. who saw that the Lord was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he did.
4. Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant; so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
5. From then on, because of Joseph the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.
6. Potiphar handed over everything he had to the care of Joseph and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.Joseph was well-built and good-looking,
7. and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.
8. He refused and said to her, “Look, my master does not have to concern himself with anything in the house, because I am here. He has put me in charge of everything he has.
9. I have as much authority in this house as he has, and he has not kept back anything from me except you. How then could I do such an immoral thing and sin against God?”
10. Although she asked Joseph day after day, he would not go to bed with her.
11. But one day when Joseph went into the house to do his work, none of the house servants was there.
12. She caught him by his robe and said, “Come to bed with me.” But he escaped and ran outside, leaving his robe in her hand.