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Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 39
Joseph's Success in Egypt
1 Ἰωσὴφ δὲ κατήχθη εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐκτήσατο αὐτὸν Πετεφρῆς ὁ εὐνοῦχος Φαραώ, ἀρχιμάγειρος, ἀνὴρ Αἰγύπτιος, ἐκ χειρὸς Ἰσμαηλιτῶν, οἳ κατήγαγον αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ. 2 καὶ ἦν κύριος μετὰ Ἰωσήφ, καὶ ἦν ἀνὴρ ἐπιτυγχάνων καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ τῷ Αἰγυπτίῳ. 3 ᾔδει δὲ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ ὅτι κύριος μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ὅσα ἄν ποιῇ, κύριος εὐοδοῖ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ. 4 καὶ εὗρεν Ἰωσὴφ χάριν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, εὐηρέστει δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ, ἔδωκεν διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωσήφ. 5 ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τὸ κατασταθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ, καὶ ηὐλόγησεν κύριος τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου διὰ Ἰωσήφ, καὶ ἐγενήθη εὐλογία κυρίου ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ. 6 καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν πάντα, ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰς χεῖρας Ἰωσὴφ καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει τῶν καθ' ἑαυτὸν οὐδὲν πλὴν τοῦ ἄρτου, οὗ ἤσθιεν αὐτός. Καὶ ἦν Ἰωσὴφ καλὸς τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραῖος τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. 1 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, the eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief cook (captain of the guard), an Egyptian man, purchased him from the hands of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. 2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man, and he was in the house with his Egyptian master. 3 And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and that whatever he did, the Lord made to prosper in his hands. 4 And Joseph found favor in the sight of his master, and he pleased him well; and he appointed him over his house, and all that he had he gave through the hand of Joseph. 5 And it happened after he was appointed over his house and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian because of Joseph, and the blessing of the Lord was upon all his possessions, both in the house and in the field. 6 And he entrusted everything he had into Joseph's hands, and he knew nothing of his own affairs except for the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form and very beautiful in appearance.
7 καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς ἐπὶ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ εἶπεν Κοιμήθητι μετ' ἐμοῦ. 8 ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἤθελεν, εἶπεν δὲ τῇ γυναικὶ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, Εἰ ὁ κύριός μου οὐ γινώσκει δι' ἐμὲ οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτῷ, ἔδωκεν εἰς τὰς χεῖράς μου 9 καὶ οὐχ ὑπερέχει ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ταύτῃ οὐθὲν ἐμοῦ οὐδὲ ὑπεξῄρηται ἀπ' ἐμοῦ οὐδὲν πλὴν σου διὰ τὸ σὲ γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ εἶναι, καὶ πῶς ποιήσω τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ πονηρὸν τοῦτο καὶ ἁμαρτήσομαι ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ; 10 ἡνίκα δὲ ἐλάλει τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν αὐτῇ καθεύδειν μετ' αὐτῆς τοῦ συγγενέσθαι αὐτῇ. 11 ἐγένετο δὲ τοιαύτη τις ἡμέρα, εἰσῆλθεν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ποιεῖν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐθεὶς ἦν τῶν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἔσω, 12 καὶ ἐπεσπάσατο αὐτὸν τῶν ἱματίων λέγουσα, Κοιμήθητι μετ' ἐμοῦ. καὶ καταλιπὼν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς ἔφυγεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω. 13 καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς εἶδεν ὅτι κατέλιπεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς καὶ ἔφυγεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω, 14 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς λέγουσα, Ἴδετε, εἰσήγαγεν ἡμῖν παῖδα Ἑβραῖον ἐμπαίζειν ἡμῖν· εἰσῆλθεν πρός με λέγων, Κοιμήθητι μετ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐβόησα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· 15 ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀκοῦσαι αὐτὸν ὅτι ὕψωσα τὴν φωνήν μου καὶ ἐβόησα, καταλιπὼν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ παρ' ἐμοὶ ἔφυγεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω. 16 καὶ καταλιμπάνει τὰ ἱμάτια παρ' ἑαυτῇ, ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κύριος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ. 17 καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα λέγουσα, Εἰσῆλθεν πρός με ὁ παῖς ὁ Ἑβραῖος ὃν εἰσήγαγες πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐμπαῖξαί μοι καὶ εἶπέν μοι, Κοιμηθήσομαι μετὰ σου· 18 ὡς δὲ ἤκουσεν ὅτι ὕψωσα τὴν φωνήν μου καὶ ἐβόησα, κατέλιπεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ παρ' ἐμοὶ καὶ ἔφυγεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω. 7 And it happened after these things that the wife of his master cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Lie with me." 8 But he refused; and he said to the wife of his master, "If my master, because of me, knows nothing in his house and has given into my hands all that is his, 9 and there is no one greater in this house than I, nor has anything been withheld from me except you, because you are his wife—how then shall I do this wicked deed and sin against God?" 10 And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to sleep with her or to be with her. 11 And it happened on such a day, Joseph entered the house to do his work, and no one of those in the house was inside. 12 And she caught him by his garments, saying, "Lie with me." And leaving his garments in her hands, he fled and went outside. 13 And it happened when she saw that he had left his garments in her hands and had fled and gone outside, 14 she called those who were in the house and spoke to them, saying, "See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us! He came in to me saying, 'Lie with me,' and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garments with me and fled and went outside." 16 And she left the garments by her until his master came to his house. 17 And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me, and said to me, 'I will sleep with you.' 18 But when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garments with me and fled and went outside."
Joseph Imprisoned
19 ἐγένετο δὲ ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ τὰ ῥήματα τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅσα ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα, Οὕτως ἐποίησέν μοι ὁ παῖς σου, καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ. 20 καὶ λαβὼν ὁ κύριος Ἰωσὴφ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ὀχύρωμα, εἰς τὸν τόπον, ἐν ᾧ οἱ δεσμῶται τοῦ βασιλέως κατέχονται ἐκεῖ ἐν τῷ ὀχυρώματι. 19 And it happened when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "In this way your servant did to me," he was moved to great anger. 20 And Joseph's master took him and threw him into the fortress, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept; and he was there in the fortress.
21 Καὶ ἦν κύριος μετὰ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ κατέχεεν αὐτοῦ ἔλεος καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ χάριν ἐναντίον τοῦ ἀρχιδεσμοφύλακος, 22 καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ τὸ δεσμωτήριον διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωσὴφ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀπηγμένους, ὅσοι ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ, καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ποιοῦσιν ἐκεῖ. 23 οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου γινώσκων δι' αὐτὸν οὐθέν· πάντα γὰρ ἦν διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωσὴφ διὰ τὸ τὸν κύριον μετ' αὐτοῦ εἶναι, καὶ ὅσα αὐτὸς ἐποίει, κύριος εὐώδου ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and poured out mercy upon him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. 22 And the chief jailer gave the prison into Joseph's hand, and all the prisoners who were in the prison, and everything that they did there. 23 The chief jailer of the prison knew nothing because of him; for all things were through Joseph's hand because the Lord was with him, and whatever he did, the Lord made to prosper in his hands.