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From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's household on account of him. The LORD's blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

and after some time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Sleep with me."

But he refused. "Look," he said to his master's wife, "with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

No one in this house is greater 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?"

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, "Sleep with me!" But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

So Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's garment beside her until his master came home.

but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," he burned with anger.

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, "Why are your faces so downcast today?"

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: "In my dream there was a vine before me,

Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup into his hand."

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.