The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.
No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
The account of Joseph's life in Egypt given in chapters 39-50 fits perfectly into the background of Egypt under the Semitic Hyksos pharaohs. They ruled from about 1710 to 1570BC, from a capita in the eastern part of the Nile delta. Goshen was also somewhere in this region.
This story of reduction, refusal, and false accusation, has been compared with the Egyptian tale of Two brothers, 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, in success and in disgrace.
Why?
The Lord was with Joseph is the key point that let him prospered.
Joseph is proposed and entrusted by his master, and keep working on the right way is the main key.
Gotten into prison does mean bad, when God with him, it is still live prospering.
標題：是禍還是福?
1. 約瑟在波提法家中成為家宰.
耶和華同在所行順利。似乎災難的開始，卻也是祝福的開始。波提法如何知道約瑟有神的同在?一定是約瑟所講，所說的有一種權柄、有一種力量。
2. 亞伯拉罕的應許之約實現在約瑟身上。約瑟可以有權處理主人家中所有的東西。為你祝福的祝福他……神的同在比境遇好壞重要，神讓他發揮且完全自由。約瑟完全順服忠心。對神忠心。
3..被陷害：男女單獨在一個密閉空間要絕對避免。女主人一定是設計這樣的情境。持守公義的人，在這個不公義的人不會受到公義的對待。但是神會為我們伸伸冤，彰顯公義。約瑟沒有向主禱告，求伸冤。其實這是好的，讓約瑟離開這個家庭，不受女主人的騷擾，免去將來可能自己把持不住犯罪。從護衛長的家奴，變成法老的監獄犯。災難的事發生，就有耶和華與他同在。他一直都是總管的頭，看似囚犯，其實是自由的。兩次當總管，他有最完整的資歷，這是神在磨練他，這是神的操練，使他可以成為埃及的宰相。我們的境遇好壞，只要神的同在，都是對我們有益。從被賣到成為宰相經過13年，這個過程，信服的心志，神與他同在。約瑟的回應就是完全順服。
How?
God is my shepherd, God leads my way. When I fully obey God's word I will prosper in everything I am doing.
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