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Genèse 39

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1 Joseph, arrivé en Egypte, avait donc été acheté aux Ismaélites qui l’avaient conduit là-bas, par Potiphar, haut fonctionnaire du pharaon, chef de la garde royale. 2 L’Eternel fut avec Joseph[1], de sorte qu’il réussissait ce qu’il entreprenait. Il demeurait dans la maison de son maître égyptien. (Ac 7:9) 3 Celui-ci remarqua que l’Eternel était avec Joseph et faisait prospérer tout ce qu’il entreprenait. 4 Ainsi Joseph obtint la faveur de son maître qui l’attacha à son service personnel: il l’établit comme intendant sur sa maison et lui confia la gérance de tous ses biens. 5 A partir de ce moment-là, l’Eternel bénit la maison de l’Egyptien à cause de Joseph. Sa bénédiction reposait sur tout ce qu’il possédait, dans sa maison comme aux champs. 



6 Alors Potiphar laissa tout ce qui lui appartenait entre les mains de Joseph – ne s’occupant plus de rien – sauf de ses repas. Joseph était un bel homme ayant un beau visage. 7 Après ces événements, la femme de son maître porta les yeux sur lui et lui dit: Couche avec moi! 8 Mais il refusa et dit à la femme de son maître: Mon maître ne me demande compte de rien dans la maison, il m’a confié tous ses biens. 9 Lui-même n’a pas plus d’autorité que moi ici et il ne m’a rien interdit – excepté toi, parce que tu es sa femme. Comment commettrais-je un acte aussi mauvais et pécherais-je contre Dieu? 10 Jour après jour, elle revenait à la charge; mais Joseph ne voulait pas l’écouter, refusant de coucher à côté d’elle et d’être avec elle. 11 Un certain jour, Joseph était entré dans la maison pour faire son travail. Aucun domestique ne se trouvait là. 12 Alors elle l’agrippa par son vêtement en disant: Couche avec moi! Mais il lui abandonna son vêtement entre les mains, et s’enfuit dehors. 13 Quand elle vit qu’il s’était enfui dehors en lui laissant son vêtement entre les mains, 14 elle se mit à crier pour appeler ses domestiques, puis elle leur dit: Voyez cela! Il nous a amené un Hébreu pour se jouer de nous. Il est venu vers moi pour coucher avec moi. Mais j’ai crié très fort. 15 Quand il a entendu que je poussais des cris pour appeler à l’aide, il a abandonné son vêtement à côté de moi et s’est enfui dehors. 16 Elle garda le vêtement de Joseph à côté d’elle jusqu’au retour de son mari à la maison. 17 Alors elle lui raconta la même histoire: L’esclave hébreu que tu nous as amené, dit-elle, est venu vers moi pour se jouer de moi. 18 Mais quand je me suis mise à crier pour appeler au secours, il a abandonné son vêtement à côté de moi et s’est enfui dehors. 19 Quand le maître de Joseph entendit le récit de sa femme qui lui disait: « Voilà comment ton serviteur s’est comporté envers moi », il se mit dans une grande colère. 



20 Il fit saisir Joseph pour le jeter dans la maison d’arrêt où étaient détenus les prisonniers du roi. Ainsi Joseph demeura dans la prison. 21 Mais l’Eternel fut avec lui et lui témoigna sa bonté: il lui fit gagner la faveur du commandant de la prison. 22 Celui-ci lui confia le soin de tous les détenus qui se trouvaient dans la prison et la direction de tout ce qu’on y faisait. 23 Il ne s’occupait plus de rien de ce qui passait par la main de Joseph, parce que l’Eternel était avec lui et faisait réussir ce qu’il entreprenait. 

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Genèse 39

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1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. (Gn 37:25; Gn 37:28; Gn 37:36) 2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. (Gn 21:22; Gn 26:24; Gn 26:28; Gn 28:15; Gn 39:21; 1S 16:18; 1S 18:14; 1S 18:28; Ac 7:9) 3 His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. (2Ch 26:5; Ps 1:3) 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. (Gn 19:19; Gn 33:10; Gn 39:8; Gn 39:21) 5 From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. (Gn 30:27) 6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. (Gn 29:17; 1S 16:12) 7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. (Gn 39:4) 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” (2S 12:13; Ps 51:4) 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her. (Pr 1:10) 11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. (Pr 7:13; Pr 7:18) 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, 14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” 16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.” 19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. (Gn 40:3; Gn 40:5; Gn 40:15; Gn 41:14; Ps 105:18) 21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (Gn 39:2; Ex 3:21; Ex 11:3; Ex 12:36; Ac 7:9) 22 And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. (Gn 40:4) 23 The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed. (Gn 39:2) 

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