1Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, an Egyptian man, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.2The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a prosperous man while he was in the house of his Egyptian lord.3His lord saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused everything he did to prosper in his hand.4Joseph found favor in his eyes, and he served him. He was appointed over his house, and his lord placed everything he had under his hand.5From the time he was appointed over the house and over everything that belonged to him, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph, so that the LORD's blessing rested on everything he owned, both in the house and in the field.6He entrusted everything he had to Joseph's hand and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.7After these events the wife of his lord lifted her eyes toward Joseph and said, "Lie with me."8He refused and said to the wife of his lord, "Look, my lord does not know what is in the house with me, and he has placed everything he owns under my hand.9No one in this house is greater than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?"10Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie with her or to be with her.11One day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was there inside.12She caught him by his garment and said, "Lie with me," but he left his garment in her hand, fled, and went outside.13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,14she called to the men of her house and said to them, "See, he brought us a Hebrew man to mock us. He came to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.15When he heard that I raised my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me, fled, and went outside."16She kept his garment beside her until his lord came home.17Then she spoke to him according to these words: "The Hebrew servant you brought to us came to me to mock me.18When I raised my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."19When his lord heard the words his wife spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," his anger burned.20Joseph's lord took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he remained there in the prison.21The LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness by granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.22The warden placed all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph's hand, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.23The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's hand because the LORD was with him and caused everything he did to prosper.