5b Joseph in Potiphar’s House [Genesis 39]
The Bible passage: [Genesis 39]
The Story:
The merchants sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, the captain of the guard for Pharaoh.
God was with Joseph, and he prospered while living in the home of his Egyptian master.
Potiphar saw how God was blessing Joseph and put him in charge of his entire household.
Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while Potiphar’s wife noticed Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”
Joseph told her, “I could never do such a wicked thing and sin against God.”
She spoke to him day after day, tempting him in the same way. He continued to refuse her advances.
One day when he was in the house attending to his duties, none of the servants was inside. Potiphar’s wife grabbed him by his cloak and again said, “Come to bed with me.”
Joseph ran out of the house, leaving his cloak there in her hands.
She called for her household servants and told them that Joseph tried to rape her, then ran away when she screamed.
When Potiphar got home, she told him the same story. Potiphar had Joseph thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined.
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