¹⁶ She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home. ¹⁷ Then she told him this story:^(A) “That Hebrew^(B) slave^(C) you brought us came to me to make sport of me. ¹⁸ But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

¹⁹ When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.^{(D) 20} Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison,^(E) the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.

But while Joseph was there in the prison, ²¹ the Lord was with him;^(F) he showed him kindness^(G) and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.^{(H) 22} So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.^{(I) 23} The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s^(J) care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.^(K)