Genèse 39
Segond 21
Joseph chez Potiphar
39 Quant à Joseph, on l'avait fait descendre en Egypte et Potiphar, l’officier du pharaon qui était chef des gardes, un Egyptien, l’avait acheté aux Ismaélites qui l'y avaient fait descendre. 2 L'Eternel fut avec Joseph et la réussite l'accompagna. Il habitait dans la maison de son maître égyptien. 3 Son maître vit que l'Eternel était avec lui et que tout ce qu'il entreprenait, l'Eternel le faisait réussir entre ses mains, 4 et Joseph trouva grâce aux yeux de son maître: il l'employa à son service, l'établit responsable de sa maison et lui confia tous ses biens. 5 Dès que Potiphar l'eut établi responsable de sa maison et de tous ses biens, l'Eternel bénit la maison de cet Egyptien à cause de Joseph, et la bénédiction de l'Eternel reposa sur tous ses biens, que ce soit à la maison ou aux champs. 6 Il abandonna tous ses biens entre les mains de Joseph et il ne prenait connaissance de rien avec lui, sauf de sa propre nourriture. Or, Joseph était beau à tout point de vue.
7 Après cela, la femme de son maître porta les yeux sur Joseph et dit: «Couche avec moi!» 8 Il refusa et lui dit: «Mon maître ne prend connaissance de rien avec moi dans la maison, il m’a confié tous ses biens. 9 Personne n'est plus grand que moi dans cette maison et il ne m'a rien interdit, sauf toi parce que tu es sa femme. Comment pourrais-je commettre un aussi grand mal et pécher contre Dieu?» 10 Elle parlait tous les jours à Joseph, mais il ne l’écoutait pas et refusait de coucher avec elle, d'être avec elle. 11 Un jour, il était entré dans la maison pour accomplir son travail et il n'y avait là aucun des gens de la maison. 12 Elle l’attrapa par son habit en disant: «Couche avec moi!» Il lui laissa son habit dans la main et sortit. 13 Lorsqu'elle vit qu'il lui avait laissé son habit dans la main et qu'il s'était enfui dehors, 14 elle appela les gens de sa maison et leur dit: «Regardez! Il nous a amené un Hébreu pour abuser de nous. Cet homme s’est approché de moi pour coucher avec moi, mais j'ai poussé de grands cris. 15 Quand il a entendu que je me mettais à crier, il a laissé son habit à côté de moi et est sorti.» 16 Elle posa l’habit de Joseph à côté d'elle jusqu'à ce que son maître rentre à la maison, 17 et elle lui tint alors ce discours: «L'esclave hébreu que tu nous as amené s’est approché de moi pour abuser de moi. 18 Comme je me suis mise à crier, il a laissé son habit à côté de moi et s'est enfui dehors.» 19 En entendant les affirmations de sa femme qui lui disait: «Voilà ce que m'a fait ton esclave», le maître de Joseph fut enflammé de colère. 20 Il s’empara de Joseph et le mit en prison, à l'endroit où les prisonniers du roi étaient enfermés. Il resta donc là, en prison.
Joseph en prison
21 L'Eternel fut avec Joseph et étendit sa bonté sur lui. Il lui fit gagner la faveur du chef de la prison. 22 Celui-ci plaça sous son autorité tous les détenus qui étaient dans la prison, et tout ce qu'on y faisait passait par lui. 23 Le chef de la prison ne s'occupait pas du tout de ce qui était sous la responsabilité de Joseph, parce que l'Eternel était avec lui et faisait réussir ce qu’il entreprenait.
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
Version Segond 21 Copyright © 2007 Société Biblique de Genève by Société Biblique de Genève
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
