Genesis 39:11-23

English Standard Version

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 (A)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 ^(B)put him into the ^(C)prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. ²¹ But ^(D)the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love ^(E)and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ²² And the keeper of the prison ^(F)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 ^(G)the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.