Genesi 39:2

2 E l’Eterno fu con Giuseppe, il quale prosperava e stava in casa del suo signore, l’Egiziano.

Genesi 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.

Genesi 39:2 In-Context

1 Giuseppe fu menato in Egitto; e Potifar, ufficiale di Faraone, capitano delle guardie, un Egiziano, lo comprò da quegl’Ismaeliti, che l’aveano menato quivi.

2 E l’Eterno fu con Giuseppe, il quale prosperava e stava in casa del suo signore, l’Egiziano.

3 E il suo signore vide che l’Eterno era con lui, e che l’Eterno gli faceva prosperare nelle mani tutto quello che intraprendeva.

4 Giuseppe entrò nelle grazie di lui, e attendeva al servizio personale di Potifar, il quale lo fece maggiordomo della sua casa, e gli mise nelle mani tutto quello che possedeva.

5 E da che l’ebbe fatto maggiordomo della sua casa e gli ebbe affidato tutto quello che possedeva, l’Eterno benedisse la casa dell’Egiziano, per amor di Giuseppe; e la benedizione dell’Eterno riposò su tutto quello ch’egli possedeva, in casa e in campagna.