2) Adonai was with Yosef, and he was successful (good at everything he did). 3) His master saw that Adonai was with Yosef, and that Adonai made him successful at everything he did. 4) So Yosef served him, and his master liked him, and gave him big responsibilities in his house. He let him take care of everything.
5) And when he had made him responsible for the house and let him take care of everything, Adonai blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Yosef. The b’racha הָרכְב of Adonai was on everything in his house and in his field.
8) Yosef said to his master’s wife, “No. My master trusts me with his whole house, and has given me so much responsibility. 9) He has shared everything he has with me, but he expects me to leave you personal space, because you are married to him and not me. I do not want to do something inappropriate – it would be wrong, and how could I do something God says I shouldn’t?”
11) One day he came to the house to do his work, and no one else who lived there was home. 12) She grabbed hold of his cloak and said, “Come close to me!” He escaped, leaving his cloak in her hands, and ran outside.
13) When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hands when he escaped outside, 14) she called out to the people who lived in the house, “Hey, this Hebrew man he brought is not being respectful to us. He tried to come close to me. 15) When he heard how I raised my voice and yelled, he left his cloak next to me and ran away and escaped.
16) She kept the cloak with her until his master came home, 17) and she told him the same thing. She said, “The Hebrew slave you bought us came and treated me disrespectfully. 18) When I raised my voice and yelled, he left his cloak next to me and ran away and escaped.
19) When he heard what his wife told him about his slave, he got red-hot angry. 20) Yosef’s master took Yosef and put him in prison, in the place where the king’s prisoners were kept.
21) Adonai was with Yosef and helped him in prison. He made the prison guard like Yosef. 22) The prison guard made Yosef responsible for all the other prisoners, and Yosef was in charge of everything that happened there. 23) The prison guard didn’t pay attention to anything and trusted him, because Adonai was with Yosef, and Adonai made him successful at everything he did.
2) Adonai was with Yosef, and he was successful (good at everything he did). 3) His master saw that Adonai was with Yosef, and that Adonai made him successful at everything he did. 4) So Yosef served him, and his master liked him, and gave him big responsibilities in his house. He let him take care of everything.
5) And when he had made him responsible for the house and let him take care of everything, Adonai blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Yosef. The b’racha הָרכְב of Adonai was on everything in his house and in his field.
8) But he refused. Yosef said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master trusts me so much that I know better than he does what is in his own house. 9) There’s no one more important than me in this house. There isn’t a single thing he has withheld from me, except you, because you’re his wife. How could I do this terrible thing and sin before God?”
11) One day he came to the house to do his work, and there were no other men in the house. 12) She grabbed hold of his cloak and said, “Lie here with me!” He left his cloak in her hands and fled outside.
13) When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hands when he fled outside, 14) she called out to the people who lived in the house, “Hey, this Hebrew man he [Potiphar] brought is not being respectful to us. He came over to lie with me, but I called out in a loud voice. 15) When he heard how I raised my voice and called out, he left his cloak with me and fled outside.”
16) She kept the cloak with her until his master came home, 17) and she told him the same thing. She said, “The Hebrew slave you bought us came and treated me disrespectfully. 18) When I raised my voice and yelled, he left his cloak with me and fled outside.”
19) When he heard what his wife told him about his slave, he was furious. 20) Yosef’s master took Yosef and put him in prison, in the place where the king’s prisoners were kept.
21) Adonai was with Yosef and helped him in prison. He made the prison guard like Yosef. 22) The prison guard made Yosef responsible for all the other prisoners, and Yosef was in charge of everything that happened there. 23) The prison guard didn’t pay attention to anything and trusted him, because Adonai was with Yosef, and Adonai made him successful at everything he did.
