Genesis 39

veyosef hurad mitsrayemah vayyiqnehu potifar seris paroh sar hattabbakhim ish mitsri miyyad hayyishme'elim asher horiduhu shammah

When Joseph was taken down to Egypt, Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his prefect—an Egyptian—bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

vayehi Adonai et-yosef vayehi ish matsliakh vayehi bevet adonayw hammitsri

GOD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he stayed in the house of his Egyptian master.

vayyar adonayw ki Adonai itto vekhol asher-hu oseh Adonai matsliakh beyado

And when his master saw that GOD was with him and that GOD lent success to everything he undertook,

vayyimtsa yosef khen be'enayw vayesharet oto vayyafqidehu al-beto vekhol-yesh-lo natan beyado

he took a liking to Joseph. He made him his personal attendant and put him in charge of his household, placing in his hands all that he owned.

vayehi me'az hifqid oto beveto ve'al kol-asher yesh-lo vayevarekh Adonai et-bet hammitsri biglal yosef vayehi birkat Adonai bekhol-asher yesh-lo babbayit uvassadeh

And from the time that the Egyptian put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, GOD blessed his house for Joseph’s sake, so that the blessing of GOD was upon everything that he owned, in the house and outside.

vayya'azov kol-asher-lo beyad-yosef velo-yada itto me'umah ki im-hallekhem asher-hu okhel vayehi yosef yefeh-to'ar vifeh mareh

He left all that he had in Joseph’s hands and, with him there, he paid attention to nothing save the food that he ate. Now Joseph was well built and handsome.

vayehi akhar haddevarim ha'elleh vattissa eshet-adonayw et-eneha el-yosef vattomer shikhvah immi

After a time, his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”

vayema'en vayyomer el-eshet adonayw hen adoni lo-yada itti mah-bbabbayit vekhol asher-yesh-lo natan beyadi

But he refused. He said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master gives no thought to anything in this house, and all that he owns he has placed in my hands.

enennu gadol babbayit hazzeh mimmenni velo-khasakh mimmenni me'umah ki im-otakh ba'asher at-ishto ve'ekh e'eseh hara'ah haggedolah hazzot vekhatati lelohim

He wields no more authority in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except yourself, since you are his wife. How then could I do this most wicked thing, and sin before God?”

vayehi kedabberah el-yosef yom yom velo-shama eleha lishkav etslah lihyot immah

And much as she coaxed Joseph day after day, he did not yield to her request to lie beside her, to be with her.

vayehi kehayyom hazzeh vayyavo habbaytah la'asot melakhto ve'en ish me'anshe habbayit sham babbayit

One such day, he came into the house to do his work. None of the household being there inside,

vattitpesehu bevigdo lemor shikhvah immi vayya'azov bigdo beyadah vayyanos vayyetse hakhutsah

she caught hold of him by his garment and said, “Lie with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and got away and fled outside.

vayehi kirotah ki-azav bigdo beyadah vayyanos hakhutsah

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

vattiqra le'anshe vetah vattomer lahem lemor re'u hevi lanu ish ivri letsakheq banu ba elay lishkav immi va'eqra beqol gadol

she called out to her servants and said to them, “Look, he had to bring us a Hebrew to dally with us! This one came to lie with me; but I screamed loud.

vayehi kheshomo ki-harimoti qoli va'eqra vayya'azov bigdo etsli vayyanos vayyetse hakhutsah

And when he heard me screaming at the top of my voice, he left his garment with me and got away and fled outside.”

vattannakh bigdo etslah ad-bo adonayw el-beto

She kept his garment beside her, until his master came home.

vattedabber elayw kaddevarim ha'elleh lemor ba-elay ha'eved ha'ivri asher-heveta lanu letsakheq bi

Then she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew slave whom you brought into our house came to me to dally with me;

vayehi kaharimi qoli va'eqra vayya'azov bigdo etsli vayyanos hakhutsah

but when I screamed at the top of my voice, he left his garment with me and fled outside.”

vayehi khishmoa adonayw et-divre ishto asher dibberah elayw lemor kaddevarim ha'elleh asah li avdekha vayyikhar appo

When his master heard the story that his wife told him, namely, “Thus and so your slave did to me,” he was furious.

vayyiqqakh adone yosef oto vayyittenehu el-bet hassohar meqom asher-[asire] (svry) hammelekh asurim vayehi-sham bevet hassohar

So Joseph’s master had him put in prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. But even while he was there in prison,

vayehi Adonai et-yosef vayyet elayw khased vayyitten khinno be'ene sar bet-hassohar

GOD was with Joseph—extending kindness to him and disposing the chief jailer favorably toward him.

vayyitten sar bet-hassohar beyad-yosef et kol-ha'asirim asher bevet hassohar ve'et kol-asher osim sham hu hayah oseh

The chief jailer put in Joseph’s charge all the prisoners who were in that prison, and he was the one to carry out everything that was done there.

en sar bet-hassohar ro'eh et-kol-me'umah beyado ba'asher Adonai itto va'asher-hu oseh Adonai matsliakh

The chief jailer did not supervise anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because GOD was with him, and whatever he did GOD made successful.