Génesis 39
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
José en casa de Potifar
39 Los ismaelitas llevaron a José a Egipto y allí lo vendieron a un egipcio llamado Potifar, hombre de confianza del faraón y jefe de la guardia real. 2 El Señor estaba con José, así que todo lo que emprendía prosperaba. José fue llevado a casa de su amo egipcio, 3 y mientras estuvo allí, su amo se dio cuenta de que el Señor estaba con José, pues todo cuanto emprendía prosperaba. 4 Esto hizo que José se ganara la simpatía de su amo, el cual lo hizo su hombre de confianza y le confió la administración de su casa y de todos sus bienes. 5 A partir del momento en que le confió el cuidado de su casa y sus bienes, el Señor bendijo la casa del egipcio a causa de José. La bendición del Señor se extendió sobre todo lo que poseía el egipcio, tanto en la casa como en el campo. 6 Así que Potifar dejó todo cuanto tenía en manos de José, sin preocuparse de otra cosa que de comer cada día.
José y la mujer de Potifar
José era apuesto y atractivo. 7 Al cabo de algún tiempo la mujer de su amo se fijó en José y un día le propuso:
— Acuéstate conmigo.
8 Pero José rehusó diciendo a la mujer de su amo:
— Mira, mi amo ha dejado a mi cargo todo lo que posee y cuenta conmigo hasta el punto de no preocuparse de nada; 9 en esta casa mando tanto como él; tú eres lo único que me está prohibido, por ser su mujer. ¿Cómo voy a cometer yo tal infamia y pecar contra Dios?
10 Y, por más que ella insistía día tras día, José rechazaba su invitación a cortejarla y a acostarse con ella. 11 Pero un día, José entró en la casa para despachar sus asuntos sin que ninguno de los criados se encontrara en ella; 12 entonces la mujer de Potifar lo agarró por el manto y le rogó:
— Acuéstate conmigo.
Pero José, dejando el manto en manos de la mujer, salió huyendo de la casa. 13 Cuando la mujer vio que José se había dejado el manto en sus manos al salir huyendo, 14 llamó a sus criados y les dijo:
— Miren, mi marido nos trajo un hebreo para que se aproveche de nosotros; ha entrado en mi habitación con la intención de acostarse conmigo, pero yo grité con todas mis fuerzas; 15 y cuando oyó que gritaba con todas mis fuerzas, salió corriendo y abandonó su manto a mi lado.
16 Ella guardó el manto de José hasta que regresó su marido a casa. 17 Entonces repitió la misma historia a su marido:
— El hebreo que trajiste quiso abusar de mí, 18 pero al oír que yo gritaba con todas mis fuerzas, salió corriendo, abandonando su manto junto a mí.
19 Cuando el marido oyó de labios de su mujer cómo la había tratado su siervo, montó en cólera; 20 acto seguido mandó apresar a José y lo metió en la cárcel, donde estaban recluidos los presos del rey. De este modo José fue a parar a la cárcel.
21 Pero el Señor seguía estando con él y no dejó de mostrarle su favor. Hizo que se ganara la simpatía del jefe de la cárcel, 22 y este lo puso a cargo de todos los presos y de todo lo que allí se hacía. 23 El jefe de la cárcel no tenía que preocuparse por nada de lo que estaba a cargo de José, pues el Señor estaba con él, y cuanto José emprendía, el Señor lo hacía prosperar.
Genesis 39
English Standard Version
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and (A)Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, (B)had bought him from the (C)Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 (D)The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord (E)caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4 So Joseph (F)found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house (G)and put him in charge of all that he had. 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house (H)for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. 6 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 (I)handsome in form and appearance. 7 And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 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 (J)he has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 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 (K)sin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he (L)would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.
11 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 (M)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 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 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 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 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 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 as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”
19 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 Joseph's master took him and (N)put him into the (O)prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But (P)the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love (Q)and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison (R)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 keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because (S)the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.
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