1Йосиф беше отведен в Египет. Там от измаилтяните, които го бяха довели, го купи фараоновият царедворец, египтянинът Потифар, началник на охраната.2Господ беше с Йосиф и той имаше успех във всичко и живееше в дома на господаря си, египтянина.3Господарят му видя, че Господ е с него и той с Негова помощ има успех във всяко начинание.4Йосиф спечели благоволението на господаря си и му служеше. И той го постави за домоуправител и му повери всичко, каквото имаше.5А откакто Йосиф стана домоуправител и уредник на имотите му, заради него Господ благослови дома на египтянина. Благословът на Господа беше върху всичко, което Потифар имаше в дома си и в полето.6И той остави целия си имот в ръцете на Йосиф и не се грижеше за нищо освен за яденето си. Йосиф беше красив и строен.7И жената на господаря му го хареса и рече: „Спи с мене!“8Но той и отказа с думите: „Виж, господарят ми не се грижи за нищо в дома си, защото аз съм тук, и всичко, каквото има, е моя отговорност.9В този дом няма по-голям от мене и той не ми е забранил нищо освен тебе, понеже си му жена. Как бих дръзнал да направя такова голямо зло и да съгреша пред Бога?“10И въпреки че тя всекидневно така настояваше пред Йосиф, той не я послуша да спи с нея.11Един ден той влезе вкъщи по работа, а там нямаше никой от домашните;12и тя го улови за дрехата му, и му каза: „Легни с мене.“ Но той остави дрехата си в ръцете и и избяга навън.13А тя, като видя, че той остави дрехата си и побягна навън,14извика домашните си и им каза: „Ето довел ни е евреин да се подиграва с нас. Той дойде при мене, за да легне с мене. Но аз завиках високо,15а той, като чу, че викам, остави при мене дрехата си и набързо избяга навън.“16И тя запази неговата дреха при себе си, докато господарят му си дойде вкъщи.17Тя повтори и пред него същите думи: „Робът евреин, когото ни доведе вкъщи, искаше да се подиграе с мене,18но когато аз се развиках, той остави при мене дрехата си и бързо избяга вън.“19Господарят му пламна от гняв, като чу думите на жена си как е постъпил робът с нея.20Господарят взе Йосиф и го хвърли в тъмницата, където бяха затворени царските затворници. И той остана в затвора.21Но Господ беше милостив с Йосиф и му даде благоволението на началника на затвора.22Той постави Йосиф над всички затворници в тъмницата и го определи за отговорник на всичко, което се вършеше там.23Началникът на затвора не се грижеше за онова, за което отговаряше Йосиф, защото Господ беше с него и във всичко, което Йосиф правеше, Господ помагаше.
1Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. (Бит 37:25; Бит 37:28; Бит 37:36)2The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. (Бит 21:22; Бит 26:24; Бит 26:28; Бит 28:15; Бит 39:21; 1 Цар 16:18; 1 Цар 18:14; 1 Цар 18:28; Д А 7:9)3His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. (2 Лет 26:5; Пс 1:3)4So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. (Бит 19:19; Бит 33:10; Бит 39:8; Бит 39:21)5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. (Бит 30:27)6So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. (Бит 29:17; 1 Цар 16:12)7And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”8But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. (Бит 39:4)9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” (2 Цар 12:13; Пс 51:4)10And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. (Пр 1:10)11But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house,12she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. (Пр 7:13; Пр 7:18)13And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house,14she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.15And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.”16Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home,17and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.18But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”19As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled.20And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. (Бит 40:3; Бит 40:5; Бит 40:15; Бит 41:14; Пс 105:18)21But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (Бит 39:2; Изх 3:21; Изх 11:3; Изх 12:36; Д А 7:9)22And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. (Бит 40:4)23The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed. (Бит 39:2)