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Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and he was named Zerah.

The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge.

It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus the LORD'S blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

It came about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."

But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge.

"There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?"

Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside.

She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.

When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,

"When he heard that I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside."

So she left his garment beside her until his master came home.

and as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

Now when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," his anger burned.

Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation.

He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me;

within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer.