Gênesis 39
Nova Versão Transformadora
José na casa de Potifar
39 Quando José foi levado para o Egito pelos negociantes ismaelitas, eles o venderam a Potifar, um oficial egípcio. Potifar era capitão da guarda do faraó, o rei do Egito.
2 O Senhor estava com José, por isso ele era bem-sucedido em tudo que fazia no serviço da casa de seu senhor egípcio. 3 Potifar percebeu que o Senhor estava com José e lhe dava sucesso em tudo que ele fazia. 4 Satisfeito com isso, nomeou José seu assistente pessoal e o encarregou de toda a sua casa e de todos os seus bens. 5 A partir do dia em que José foi encarregado de toda a casa e de todas as propriedades de Potifar, o Senhor começou a abençoar a casa do egípcio por causa de José. Tudo corria bem na casa, e as plantações e os animais prosperavam. 6 Assim, Potifar entregou tudo que possuía aos cuidados de José e, tendo-o como administrador, não se preocupava com nada, exceto com o que iria comer.
José era um rapaz muito bonito, de bela aparência, 7 e logo a esposa de Potifar começou a olhar para ele com desejo. “Venha e deite-se comigo”, ordenou ela.
8 José recusou e disse: “Meu senhor me confiou todos os bens de sua casa e não precisa se preocupar com nada. 9 Ninguém aqui tem mais autoridade que eu. Ele não me negou coisa alguma, exceto a senhora, pois é mulher dele. Como poderia eu cometer tamanha maldade? Estaria pecando contra Deus!”.
10 A mulher continuava a assediar José diariamente, mas ele se recusava a deitar-se com ela. 11 Certo dia, porém, quando José entrou para fazer seu trabalho, não havia mais ninguém na casa. 12 Ela se aproximou, agarrou-o pelo manto e exigiu: “Venha, deite-se comigo!”. José se desvencilhou e fugiu da casa, mas o manto ficou na mão da mulher.
13 Quando ela viu que José tinha fugido, mas que o manto havia ficado na mão dela, 14 chamou seus servos. “Vejam!”, disse ela. “Meu marido trouxe esse escravo hebreu para nos fazer de bobos! Ele entrou no meu quarto para me violentar, mas eu gritei. 15 Quando ele me ouviu gritar, saiu correndo e escapou, mas largou seu manto comigo.”
16 Ela guardou o manto até o marido voltar para casa. 17 Então, contou-lhe sua versão da história. “O escravo hebreu que você trouxe para nossa casa tentou aproveitar-se de mim”, disse ela. 18 “Mas, quando eu gritei, ele saiu correndo e largou seu manto comigo!”
José é preso
19 Ao ouvir a mulher contar como José a havia tratado, Potifar se enfureceu. 20 Pegou José e o lançou na prisão onde ficavam os prisioneiros do rei, e ali José permaneceu. 21 Mas o Senhor estava com ele na prisão e o tratou com bondade. Fez José conquistar a simpatia do carcereiro, que, 22 em pouco tempo, encarregou José de todos os outros presos e de todas as tarefas da prisão. 23 O carcereiro não precisava mais se preocupar com nada, pois José cuidava de tudo. O Senhor estava com ele e lhe dava sucesso em tudo que ele fazia.
Genesis 39
New King James Version
Joseph a Slave in Egypt
39 Now Joseph had been taken (A)down to Egypt. And (B)Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, (C)bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. 2 (D)The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord (E)made all he did [a]to prosper in his hand. 4 So Joseph (F)found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him (G)overseer of his house, and all that he had he put [b]under his authority. 5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that (H)the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 6 Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s [c]hand, and he did not know what he had except for the [d]bread which he ate.
Now Joseph (I)was handsome in form and appearance.
7 And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife [e]cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, (J)“Lie with me.”
8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. (K)How then can I do this great wickedness, and (L)sin against God?”
10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he (M)did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.
11 But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside, 12 that she (N)caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. 13 And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, 14 that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a (O)Hebrew to [f]mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”
16 So she kept his garment with her until his master came home. 17 Then she (P)spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me; 18 so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”
19 So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his (Q)anger was aroused. 20 Then Joseph’s master took him and (R)put him into the (S)prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He (T)gave[g] him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison (U)committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing. 23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under [h]Joseph’s authority, because (V)the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
Footnotes
- Genesis 39:3 to be a success
- Genesis 39:4 Lit. in his hand
- Genesis 39:6 Care
- Genesis 39:6 Food
- Genesis 39:7 Lit. lifted up her eyes toward
- Genesis 39:14 laugh at
- Genesis 39:21 Caused him to be viewed with favor by
- Genesis 39:23 Lit. his hand
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