Genesis 39:3
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New International Version (©2011)
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did,

New Living Translation (©2007)
Potiphar noticed this and realized that the LORD was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did.

English Standard Version (©2001)
His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he did successful,

International Standard Version (©2012)
who could see that the LORD was with Joseph, because the LORD made everything prosper that Joseph did.

NET Bible (©2006)
His master observed that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he was doing successful.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Joseph's master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he did successful.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

American King James Version
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

American Standard Version
And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Darby Bible Translation
And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

English Revised Version
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

World English Bible
His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
and his lord seeth that Jehovah is with him, and all that he is doing Jehovah is causing to prosper in his hand,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

39:1-6 Our enemies may strip us of outward distinctions and ornaments; but wisdom and grace cannot be taken from us. They may separate us from friends, relatives, and country; but they cannot take from us the presence of the Lord. They may shut us from outward blessings, rob us of liberty, and confine us in dungeons; but they cannot shut us out from communion with God, from the throne of grace, or take from us the blessings of salvation. Joseph was blessed, wonderfully blessed, even in the house where he was a slave. God's presence with us, makes all we do prosperous. Good men are the blessings of the place where they live; good servants may be so, though mean and lightly esteemed. The prosperity of the wicked is, one way or other, for the sake of the godly. Here was a wicked family blessed for the sake of one good servant in it.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - And his master saw that the Lord (Jehovah) was with him - this does not imply that Potiphar was acquainted with Jehovah, but simply that he concluded Joseph to be under the Divine protection - and that the Lord (Jehovah) made all that he did to prosper in his hand. That which led to the conviction of Potiphar concerning Joseph was the remarkable success which he saw attending all his efforts and undertakings.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his master saw that the Lord was with him,.... He knew nothing of the spiritual and gracious presence of God that was with him, he was no judge of that; but he perceived by the ingenuity of his mind, by his ready and speedy learning the Egyptian language, by his dexterity in business, and by the prudence and faithfulness with which he did everything, that he was highly favoured by the divine Being, and had great endowments bestowed upon him, and was an extraordinary person for his age:

and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand; and though Potiphar might have no knowledge of the true Jehovah, whose name he uses, yet he might have a notion of a supreme Being, and that all outward prosperity was owing to him; and knowing Joseph to be an Hebrew, as it is plain his wife did, Genesis 39:14; and Jehovah to be the God of the Hebrews, he imputes all the prosperity that attended Joseph and his services unto his God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. his master saw that the Lord was with him—Though changed in condition, Joseph was not changed in spirit; though stripped of the gaudy coat that had adorned his person, he had not lost the moral graces that distinguished his character; though separated from his father on earth, he still lived in communion with his Father in heaven; though in the house of an idolater, he continued a worshipper of the true God.

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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. …

Genesis 21:20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
Genesis 21:22 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 26:28 They answered, "We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, 'There ought to be a sworn agreement between us'--between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you
Genesis 30:27 But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you."
Genesis 39:2 The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.
Genesis 39:23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
1 Samuel 18:14 In everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him.
2 Kings 18:7 And the LORD was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
Psalm 1:3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-- whatever they do prospers.