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Genesis 39:2
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The LORD was with Yosef, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Mitzrian.
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. He lived in the house of his master, Potiphar the Egyptian.
The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.
The LORD was with Joseph, and he [even though a slave] became a successful and prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
And the LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
And the Lorde was with Ioseph, and he was a man that prospered and was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
So Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner. Soon Potiphar realized that the Lord was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did.
Adonai was with Yosef, and he became wealthy while he was in the household of his master the Egyptian.
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
The Lord helped Joseph become a successful man. Joseph lived in the house of his master, Potiphar the Egyptian.
The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a prosperous man in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,
The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. And he was in the house of the Egyptian, his master.
And ye LORDE was wt Ioseph, in so moch yt he became a luckye ma, & was in his master ye Egipcians house.
And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And God was with Ioseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And the LORD was with Ioseph, and hee was a prosperous man, and hee was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
And the Lord was with hym, and he was a man doynge with prosperite in alle thingis. And Joseph dwellide in `the hows of his lord,
And Jehovah is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian,
And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man: and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
The Lord was with Joseph, and all went well with him. He was in the house of his boss the Egyptian.
The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; he was in the house of his Egyptian master.
And it came to pass that Yahweh, was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man, - and was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.
And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master’s house:
The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian,
As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him. He ended up living in the home of his Egyptian master. His master recognized that God was with him, saw that God was working for good in everything he did. He became very fond of Joseph and made him his personal aide. He put him in charge of all his personal affairs, turning everything over to him. From that moment on, God blessed the home of the Egyptian—all because of Joseph. The blessing of God spread over everything he owned, at home and in the fields, and all Potiphar had to concern himself with was eating three meals a day. Joseph was a strikingly handsome man. As time went on, his master's wife became infatuated with Joseph and one day said, "Sleep with me." He wouldn't do it. He said to his master's wife, "Look, with me here, my master doesn't give a second thought to anything that goes on here—he's put me in charge of everything he owns. He treats me as an equal. The only thing he hasn't turned over to me is you. You're his wife, after all! How could I violate his trust and sin against God?" She pestered him day after day after day, but he stood his ground. He refused to go to bed with her. On one of these days he came to the house to do his work and none of the household servants happened to be there. She grabbed him by his cloak, saying, "Sleep with me!" He left his coat in her hand and ran out of the house. When she realized that he had left his coat in her hand and run outside, she called to her house servants: "Look—this Hebrew shows up and before you know it he's trying to seduce us. He tried to make love to me but I yelled as loud as I could. With all my yelling and screaming, he left his coat beside me here and ran outside." She kept his coat right there until his master came home. She told him the same story. She said, "The Hebrew slave, the one you brought to us, came after me and tried to use me for his plaything. When I yelled and screamed, he left his coat with me and ran outside." When his master heard his wife's story, telling him, "These are the things your slave did to me," he was furious. Joseph's master took him and threw him into the jail where the king's prisoners were locked up. But there in jail God was still with Joseph: He reached out in kindness to him; he put him on good terms with the head jailer. The head jailer put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners—he ended up managing the whole operation. The head jailer gave Joseph free rein, never even checked on him, because God was with him; whatever he did God made sure it worked out for the best.
The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the Lord: Genesis 39:21, Genesis 39:22, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 26:24, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 28:15, 1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Samuel 18:28, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 91:15, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2, Jeremiah 15:20, Matthew 1:23, Acts 7:9, Acts 7:10, Acts 8:31
house: 1 Corinthians 7:20-24, 1 Timothy 6:1, Titus 2:9, Titus 2:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:20 - God Genesis 26:3 - I will be Genesis 30:27 - the Lord Genesis 39:23 - because Exodus 18:19 - God shall Deuteronomy 33:16 - and upon the top Joshua 6:27 - the Lord Judges 1:19 - the Lord 1 Samuel 18:5 - behaved 2 Kings 18:7 - And the Lord 2 Chronicles 1:1 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Proverbs 3:4 - shalt Proverbs 27:18 - so Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember Amos 5:14 - and so Matthew 28:20 - I am Luke 1:66 - And the
Cross-References
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
And they said, We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
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?
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.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
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.
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the Lord was with Joseph,.... Blessing him with his gracious presence, with discoveries of his love, and communion with himself, though destitute of the means of grace and ordinances of worship he enjoyed in his father's house; favouring him with bodily health, and protecting him from all evils and enemies:
and he was a prosperous man; in worldly things, and which was owing to the presence of God with him, and his blessing on him:
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian; he continued there, and did not attempt to make his escape; or his employment lay chiefly, if not altogether, in the house, and herein he was prosperous, and continued to be so as long as he was in it; the Jews n say, he remained here twelve months. Near the pyramids built in the neighbourhood of Memphis, as is affirmed unanimously by the ancients, to this day is shown a hill, on which they say the house of Potiphar was built, whose servant the patriarch Joseph was, and some of the rubbish of the bricks are yet to be seen o.
n Seder Olam Rabba, c. 2. p. 5. o Jablonski de Terra Goshen, Dissert. 6. sect. 6.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- Joseph in Potipharâs House
According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven years to resume the story of Joseph.
Genesis 39:1-6
Joseph fares well with his first master. âPotiphar.â This is a racapitulation of the narrative in Genesis 37:0: âThe Lord;â the God of covenant is with Joseph. âIn the house.â Joseph was a domestic servant. âAnd his master saw.â The prosperity that attended all Josephâs doings was so striking as to show that the Lord was with him. âSet him overâ - made him overseer of all that was in his house. âThe Lord blessed the Mizriteâs house.â He blesses those who bless his own Genesis 12:3. âBeautiful in form and lookâ Genesis 29:17. This prepares the way for the following occurrence.
Genesis 39:7-10
Joseph resists the daily solicitations of his masterâs wife to lie with her. âNone greater in this house than I.â He pleads the unreserved trust his master had reposed in him. He is bound by the law of honor, the law of chastity (this great evil), and the law of piety (sin against God). Joseph uses the common name of God in addressing this Egyptian. He could employ no higher pleas than the above.
Genesis 39:11-18
âAt this day,â the day on which the occurrence now to be related took place. âTo do his business.â He does not come in her way except at the call of duty. He hath brought in. She either does not condescend, or does not need to name her husband. âA Hebrew to mock us.â Her disappointment now provokes her to falsehood as the means of concealment and revenge. A Hebrew is still the only national designation proper to Joseph Genesis 14:13. Jacobâs descendants had not got beyond the family. The term Israelite was therefore, not yet in use. The national name is designedly used as a term of reproach among the Egyptians Genesis 43:32. âTo mock us,â - to take improper liberties, not only with me, but with any of the females in the house. âI cried with a loud voice.â This is intended to be the proof of her innocence Deuteronomy 22:24, Deuteronomy 22:27. âLeft his garments by me;â not in her hand, which would have been suspicious.
Genesis 39:19-23
Her husband believes her story and naturally resents the supposed unfaithfulness of his slave. His treatment of him is mild. He puts him in ward, probably to stand his trial for the offence. The Lord does not forsake the prisoner. He gives him favor with the governor of the jail. The same unlimited trust is placed in him by the governor as by his late master.
