| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. | 1When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. |
| 2The LORD was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master. | 2The LORD was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. |
| 3His master observed that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he was doing successful. | 3Potiphar noticed this and realized that the LORD was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did. |
| 4So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. | 4This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned. |
| 5From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields. | 5From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master’s household and property, the LORD began to bless Potiphar’s household for Joseph’s sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished. |
| 6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. | 6So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man, |
| 7Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me." | 7and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded. |
| 8But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care. | 8But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household. |
| 9There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?" | 9No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.” |
| 10Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her. | 10She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible. |
| 11One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house. | 11One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work. |
| 12She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, "Have sex with me!" But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside. | 12She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house. |
| 13When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside, | 13When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled, |
| 14she called for her household servants and said to them, "See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly. | 14she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed. |
| 15When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside." | 15When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.” |
| 16So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home. | 16She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home. |
| 17This is what she said to him: "That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me, | 17Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said. |
| 18but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside." | 18“But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!” Joseph Put in Prison |
| 19When his master heard his wife say, "This is the way your slave treated me," he became furious. | 19Potiphar was furious when he heard his wife’s story about how Joseph had treated her. |
| 20Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison. | 20So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained. |
| 21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. | 21But the LORD was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the LORD made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden. |
| 22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. | 22Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison. |
| 23The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph's care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful. | 23The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The LORD was with him and caused everything he did to succeed. |
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