Tuesday, July 13, 2010

'The Lord Was With Joseph'

For your reference, search Genesis 39.

The Ishmeelites sold Joseph to an Egyptian named Potiphar who was the Pharaoh's captain of the guard (Genesis 39:1).

"And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian" (Genesis 39:2).

"And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand" (Genesis 39:3).

"And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand" (Genesis 39:4).

"And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field" (Genesis 39:5).

"And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured" (Genesis 39:6).

As time passed, Joseph's master's wife had her eye on Joseph. She wanted Joseph to sleep with her, but Joseph refused and said to her, "Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand" (Genesis 39:8);

"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" (Genesis 39:9)?

Joseph's master's wife approached him day by day to sleep with her, but Joseph would not give in to her (Genesis 39:10).

One day Joseph was alone in the house doing his work when the wife "...caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled..." (Genesis 39:12)[.]

The wife claimed to the men in her house that Joseph came in to sleep with her and she cried out (Genesis 39:14). According to the wife, Joseph fled and left his garment with her when she cried out (Genesis 39:15).

The wife told her story to the lord when he came home. As a result of her lies, the lord was mad and put Joseph in prison (Genesis 39:19,20).

"But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prisoner" (Genesis 39:21).

"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" (Genesis 39:22).

"The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper" (Genesis 39:23).

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