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Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.

And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,

And hearing it he went running out without his coat.

And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.

And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;

Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.