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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 put all that he owns under my authority.

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 this immense evil, and how could I sin against God?”

Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.

She grabbed him by his garment 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 garment with her and had run outside,

When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”

She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home.

but when I screamed for help, he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”

When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious

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

So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream there was a vine in front of me.

In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

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

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

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.

The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants,

Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.