And 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.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
the Lord.
Genesis 39:21,22 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him …
Genesis 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the …
Genesis 26:24,28 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God …
Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where …
1 Samuel 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his …
1 Samuel 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen …
1 Samuel 18:14,28 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him…
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …
Psalm 46:7,11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah…
Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …
Isaiah 8:9,10 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; …
Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through …
Jeremiah 15:20 And I will make you to this people a fenced brazen wall: and they …
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, …
Acts 7:9,10 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but …
Acts 8:31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired …
house.
1 Corinthians 7:20-24 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called…
1 Timothy 6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters …
Titus 2:9,10 Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please …
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
saw that.
Genesis 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the …
Genesis 26:24,28 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God …
Genesis 30:27,30 And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry…
1 Samuel 18:14,28 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him…
Zechariah 8:23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, …
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, …
Philippians 2:15,16 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without …
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they …
prosper.
Genesis 39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his …
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry…
Joshua 1:7,8 Only be you strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do …
1 Chronicles 22:13 Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes …
2 Chronicles 26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding …
Nehemiah 2:20 Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will …
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …
1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, …
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
Joseph.
Genesis 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him …
Genesis 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass …
Genesis 19:19 Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have …
Genesis 32:5 And I have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: …
Genesis 33:8,10 And he said, What mean you by all this drove which I met? And he …
1 Samuel 16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before …
Nehemiah 2:4,5 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed …
Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be …
overseer.
Genesis 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners …
Genesis 15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, …
Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over …
Genesis 41:40,41 You shall be over my house, and according to your word shall all …
Proverbs 14:35 The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against …
Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and …
Proverbs 22:29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; …
Proverbs 27:18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that …
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the …
And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
for Joseph's.
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and …
Genesis 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, …
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry…
Deuteronomy 28:3-6 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field…
2 Samuel 6:11,12 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite …
Psalm 21:6 For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding …
Psalm 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long …
Acts 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and, see, …
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed …
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
he left.
Genesis 39:4,8,23 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made …
Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: …
Luke 19:17 And he said to him, Well, you good servant: because you have been …
save.
Genesis 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and …
Proverbs 31:11 The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall …
a goodly person. {Yephaih toar, weephaih maraih,} beautiful in person and beautiful in countenance. Joseph's beauty is so celebrated in the East, that a handsome man is frequently compared to him; and the Persian poets vie with each other in descriptions of his comeliness.
Genesis 12:14,15 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians …
Genesis 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
1 Samuel 16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with of a …
1 Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained …
Acts 7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished …
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
A.M.
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; …
Job 31:1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think on a maid?
Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way.
Ezekiel 23:5,6,12-16 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on …
Matthew 5:28 But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her …
2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling …
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust …
Lie.
2 Samuel 13:11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her, …
Proverbs 2:16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which …
Proverbs 5:9 Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel:
Proverbs 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter …
Ezekiel 16:25,32,34 You have built your high place at every head of the way, and have …
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
refused.
Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
Proverbs 2:10,16-19 When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul…
Proverbs 5:3-8 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth …
Proverbs 6:20-25,29,32,33 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of …
Proverbs 7:5,25-27 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger …
Proverbs 9:13-18 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing…
Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of …
Proverbs 23:26-28 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways…
my master.
Proverbs 18:24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a …
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
none.
Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over …
Nehemiah 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, …
Luke 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall …
1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Titus 2:10 Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn …
how then.
Genesis 20:3,6 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, …
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he …
2 Samuel 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his …
Job 31:9-12,23 If my heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait …
Proverbs 6:29,32 So he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall …
Jeremiah 5:8,9 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his …
1 Corinthians 6:9,10 Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of …
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, …
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators …
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, …
Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, …
sin.
Genesis 42:18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Leviticus 6:2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie to …
Numbers 32:23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD: …
2 Samuel 12:13 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan …
Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable …
Psalm 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your …
Jeremiah 28:16 Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the …
Jeremiah 50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, …
1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains …
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
as she spake.
Genesis 39:8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master …
Proverbs 2:16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which …
Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth …
Proverbs 6:25,26 Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you …
Proverbs 7:5,13 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger …
Proverbs 9:14,16 For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places …
Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of …
Proverbs 23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
or to be.
Proverbs 1:15 My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
Proverbs 5:8 Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house:
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is without the body; …
1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Timothy 5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house…
2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, …
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain …
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
caught.
Genesis 39:8,10 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master …
Proverbs 7:13-27 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him…
Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares …
Ezekiel 16:30,31 How weak is your heart, said the LORD GOD, seeing you do all these …
and he left.
1 Samuel 15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold on the skirt …
Proverbs 1:15 My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
Proverbs 5:8 Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house:
Proverbs 6:5 Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird …
Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares …
Mark 14:51,52 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth …
1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, …
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain …
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
he hath. The base affection of this woman being disappointed, was changed into rancorous hatred, and she exults in the opportunity of being revenged on Joseph. She begins her accusation in the affected language of offended modesty, rage, and disdain, by charging her husband, whom we may reasonably assume she did not greatly love, with being an accessory to the indignity she pretended to have received: He hath brought in a Hebrew, a very abomination to an Egyptian, to mock us, insult and treat me in a base, unworthy manner.
an Hebrew.
Genesis 39:17 And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew …
Genesis 10:21 To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother …
Genesis 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for …
Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and …
Psalm 120:3 What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?
Ezekiel 22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from you, shall mock you, …
he came.
Genesis 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast …
Psalm 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Psalm 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the …
Proverbs 10:18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
Isaiah 51:7 Listen to me, you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart …
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue …
Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and …
Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false …
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting …
2 Corinthians 6:8 By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, …
1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when you be buffeted for your faults, you …
1 Peter 3:14-18 But and if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and …
1 Peter 4:14-19 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the …
loud. Heb. great.
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
Genesis 39:14 That she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, …
Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Exodus 23:1 You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked …
1 Kings 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, …
1 Kings 21:9-13 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth …
Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to …
Psalm 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the …
Psalm 120:2-4 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue…
Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue …
Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies …
Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; …
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
into the prison. {Baith hassohar,} the round house, from the form of the building according to some; or, the watch or guard house, from the Arabic {sahara} to watch, according to others.
Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and …
Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily …
Psalm 105:18,19 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron…
Isaiah 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare …
Daniel 3:21,22 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their …
2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even to bonds; but the …
1 Peter 2:19 For this is thank worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure …
the king's.
Genesis 40:1-3,15 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king …
Genesis 41:9-14 Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my …
Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath …
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
the Lord.
Genesis 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he …
Genesis 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the …
Genesis 49:23,24 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him…
Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through …
Daniel 6:22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they …
Romans 8:31,32,37 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can …
1 Peter 3:13,14,17 And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good…
1 Peter 4:14-16 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the …
shewed him mercy. Heb. extended kindness unto him. gave him.
Genesis 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, …
Exodus 3:21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: …
Exodus 11:3 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. …
Exodus 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, …
Psalm 105:19,22 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him…
Psalm 106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be …
Daniel 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince …
Acts 7:9,10 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but …
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
committed.
Genesis 39:4,6,7,9 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made …
Genesis 40:3,4 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, …
1 Samuel 2:30 Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and …
Psalm 37:3,11 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and …
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
keeper.
Genesis 40:3,4 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, …
because. See on ver.
Genesis 39:2,3 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he …
Genesis 49:23,24 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him…
1 Samuel 2:30 Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and …
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …
Psalm 37:3-11 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and …
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through …
Daniel 6:22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they …
