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Daily ScriptureTUESDAY 6.21.22 Genesis 39:1-3, 6-20

1 When Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, Potiphar, Pharaohs chief officer, the commander of the royal guard and an Egyptian, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man and served in his Egyptian masters household. 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he did successful.

6 So he handed over everything he had to Joseph and didnt pay attention to anything except the food he ate.Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.7 Some time later, his masters wife became attracted to Joseph and said, Sleep with me.8 He refused and said to his masters wife, With me here, my master doesnt pay attention to anything in his household; hes put everything he has under my supervision. 9 No one is greater than I am in this household, and he hasnt denied me anything except you, since you are his wife. How could I do this terrible thing and sin against God? 10 Every single day she tried to convince him, but he wouldnt agree to sleep with her or even to be with her.11 One day when Joseph arrived at the house to do his work, none of the households men were there. 12 She grabbed his garment, saying, Lie down with me. But he left his garment in her hands and ran outside. 13 When she realized that he had left his garment in her hands and run outside, 14 she summoned the men of her house and said to them, Look, my husband brought us a Hebrew to ridicule us. He came to me to lie down with me, but I screamed. 15 When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his garment with me and ran outside. 16 She kept his garment with her until Josephs master came home, 17 and she told him the same thing: The Hebrew slave whom you brought to us, to ridicule me, came to me; 18 but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment with me and ran outside.19 When Josephs master heard the thing that his wife told him, This is what your servant did to me, he was incensed. 20 Josephs master took him and threw him in jail, the place where the kings prisoners were held.

Instead of nurturing depression and bitterness, Joseph showed such capable integrity that Potiphar, his Egyptian master, put everything he had under Josephs supervision. Yet Genesis didnt say, Joseph was amazing, but The LORD was with Joseph. Alas, Joseph also greatly impressed Potiphars wife. He refused to betray his masters trust and rebuffed her advances. Potiphar had no choice but to believe his wife (even if he didnt believe her) and sent Joseph to prison.

Prayer: O God, free me from the desire for revenge on others. Instead, give me the moral courage to stand for what is right, especially on behalf of those who are powerless. Amen.

Excerpt from:

Joseph was unfairly jailed due to a rich Egyptian's scheming - Leawood - Church of the Resurrection

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