2-3. So Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner.Soon Potiphar realized that the Lord was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did.
12. Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and said, “Make love to me!” Joseph ran out of the house, leaving her hanging on to his coat.
13. When this happened,
14. she called in her servants and said, “Look! This Hebrew has come just to make fools of us. He tried to rape me, but I screamed for help.
15. And when he heard me scream, he ran out of the house, leaving his coat with me.”
16. Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.
17. Then she said, “That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me!
18. But when I screamed for help, he left his coat and ran out of the house.”
19. Potiphar became very angry
20. and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept.While Joseph was in prison,