Good News Translation GNT
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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.
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Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.
2 The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,
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The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was 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.
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His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.
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.
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So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.
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.
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From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.
6 Potiphar turned 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,
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So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
7 and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.
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And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me. ”
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.
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But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge.
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?"
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He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? ”
10 Although she asked Joseph day after day, he would not go to bed with her.
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And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.
11 But one day when Joseph went into the house to do his work, none of the house servants was there.
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But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house,
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.
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she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me. ” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.
13 When she saw that he had left his robe and had run out of the house,
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And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house,
14 she called to her house servants and said, "Look at this! This Hebrew that my husband brought to the house is insulting us. He came into my room and tried to rape me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
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she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
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And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house. ”
16 She kept his robe with her until Joseph's master came home.
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Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home,
17 Then she told him the same story: "That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me.
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and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.
18 But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
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But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house. ”
19 Joseph's master was furious
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As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me, ” his anger was kindled.
20 and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.
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And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
21 But the Lord was with Joseph and blessed him, so that the jailer was pleased with him.
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But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 He put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and made him responsible for everything that was done in the prison.
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And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.
23 The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.
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The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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