So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s [a]charge; and with him there he did not [b]concern himself with anything except the [c]food which he [d]ate.

Now Joseph was (A)handsome in form and appearance. It came about after these events (B)that his master’s wife [e]looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “(C)Lie with me.” But (D)he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master [f]does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my [g]charge.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:6 Lit hand
  2. Genesis 39:6 Lit know
  3. Genesis 39:6 Lit bread
  4. Genesis 39:6 Or used to eat
  5. Genesis 39:7 Lit lifted up her eyes at
  6. Genesis 39:8 Lit does not know what is in the house
  7. Genesis 39:8 Lit hand