Genesis 39:1-23
The Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph.
Joseph said to Potiphar's wife, How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?
The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
The account of Joseph's life in Egypt given in Chapter 39-50 fits perfectly into the background of Egypt under the Semitic Hyksons pharaohs. They ruled from 1710 to 170BC, from a capital in the eastern part of the Nile delta. Goshen was also somewhere in this region.
This story of seduction refusal and false accusation, has been compared with the Egyptian, has been compared with the Egyptian Tale of Two brother, which begins in a similar way. But the magic and miracle that follow there are markedly different from the Joseph story and there is no real reason to connect the two. The key thing here is that Joseph keeps faith with God, and more important still, God keeps faith with Joseph, in success and in disgrace.
How?
How wonderful when the Lord was with us, and give us success in whatever we did.
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