Genèse 39:2

2 L'Eternel fut avec lui, et la prospérité l'accompagna; il habitait dans la maison de son maître, l'Egyptien.

Genèse 39:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:2

And the Lord was with Joseph
Blessing him with his gracious presence, with discoveries of his love, and communion with himself, though destitute of the means of grace and ordinances of worship he enjoyed in his father's house; favouring him with bodily health, and protecting him from all evils and enemies: and he was a prosperous man;
in worldly things, and which was owing to the presence of God with him, and his blessing on him: and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian;
he continued there, and did not attempt to make his escape; or his employment lay chiefly, if not altogether, in the house, and herein he was prosperous, and continued to be so as long as he was in it; the Jews ^F14 say, he remained here twelve months. Near the pyramids built in the neighbourhood of Memphis, as is affirmed unanimously by the ancients, to this day is shown a hill, on which they say the house of Potiphar was built, whose servant the patriarch Joseph was, and some of the rubbish of the bricks are yet to be seen ^F15.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 2. p. 5.
F15 Jablonski de Terra Goshen, Dissert. 6. sect. 6.

Genèse 39:2 In-Context

1 On fit descendre Joseph en Egypte; et Potiphar, officier de Pharaon, chef des gardes, Egyptien, l'acheta des Ismaélites qui l'y avaient fait descendre.

2 L'Eternel fut avec lui, et la prospérité l'accompagna; il habitait dans la maison de son maître, l'Egyptien.

3 Son maître vit que l'Eternel était avec lui, et que l'Eternel faisait prospérer entre ses mains tout ce qu'il entreprenait.

4 Joseph trouva grâce aux yeux de son maître, qui l'employa à son service, l'établit sur sa maison, et lui confia tout ce qu'il possédait.

5 Dès que Potiphar l'eut établi sur sa maison et sur tout ce qu'il possédait, l'Eternel bénit la maison de l'Egyptien, à cause de Joseph; et la bénédiction de l'Eternel fut sur tout ce qui lui appartenait, soit à la maison, soit aux champs.