1. And Yosĕph had been taken down to Mitsrayim. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, a Mitsrite, bought him from the Yishma‛ĕlites who had taken him down there.
2. And it came to be that יהוה was with Yosĕph, and he became a prosperous man, and was in the house of his master the Mitsrite.
3. And his master saw that יהוה was with him and that יהוה made all he did to prosper in his hand.
4. So Yosĕph found favour in his eyes, and served him, and he appointed him over his house, and gave into his hand all that he had.
5. And it came to be, from the time that he appointed him over his house and all that he had, that יהוה blessed the Mitsrite’s house for Yosĕph’s sake. And the blessing of יהוה was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
6. And he left in Yosĕph’s hand all that he had, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. And Yosĕph was handsome in form and appearance.
7. And after these events it came to be that his master’s wife lifted up her eyes to Yosĕph and said, “Lie with me.”