Verse 5
Genesis 39:5
Free Bible Version
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So Potiphar left Joseph to care for everything he owned. He didn't bother with anything except to decide what food he was going to eat. Now Joseph was handsome, having a good physique,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֡י מֵ/אָז֩ הִפְקִ֨יד אֹת֜/וֹ בְּ/בֵית֗/וֹ וְ/עַל֙ כָּל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ ל֔/וֹ וַ/יְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית הַ/מִּצְרִ֖י בִּ/גְלַ֣ל יוֹסֵ֑ף וַ/יְהִ֞י בִּרְכַּ֤ת יְהוָה֙ בְּ/כָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ ל֔/וֹ בַּ/בַּ֖יִת וּ/בַ/שָּׂדֶֽה
English Translation
And it came to pass from then on that he appointed him over his house and over all that he had, and the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian because of Joseph, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.
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Chapter 39 Context
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Joseph had been taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelites, who had sold him to Potiphar, an Egyptian who was...
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The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in his Egyptian master's house.
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Potiphar appreciated Joseph and his service, and put him in charge of his household and made him res...
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From the time he put Joseph in charge and trusted him with all he had, the Lord blessed Potiphar's h...
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So Potiphar left Joseph to care for everything he owned. He didn't bother with anything except to de...
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so some time later he caught the eye of his master's wife. She propositioned him, saying, “Come here...
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But he turned her down, telling his master's wife, “Look, my master trusts me so much he doesn't eve...
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no one in this house has more authority than me! He hasn't held back anything from me except you, be...
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Day after day she persisted in asking him, but he refused to sleep with her and tried to avoid her.
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She grabbed him by his clothing, and demanded, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his clothing in her hand...
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Seeing that he'd left his clothing in her hand, and had run out of the house,
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she shouted out to her servants, “Look at this! He brought this Hebrew slave here to dishonor us! Th...
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When he heard me scream for help, he left his clothing beside me and ran outside.”
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Then she told him her story. It went like this: “That Hebrew slave you brought here tried to come an...
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But as soon as I screamed and called for help, he left his clothing beside me and ran outside.”
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When Potiphar heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” he b...
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He took Joseph and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.
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But the Lord was with Joseph, showing him trustworthy love, and made the chief jailer pleased with h...
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